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Colonialism, climate change and climate reparations
Article
Global Justice Now. Author Dorothy Guerrero
PART 1: The Purposeful Investor
Call to Action: Our World & Our Future
Highlights the urgent need for climate reparations and the impact of colonialism on climate change, which is crucial for investors interested in sustainable and socially responsible investments.

Global Justice Now’s article “Colonialism, climate change and climate reparations” (Dorothy Guerrero, Aug 4 2023) is included because it documents how colonial extraction and fossil-fuel–driven wealth accumulation have created disproportionate climate harms for the Global South and makes a clear justice-centered case for climate reparations, corporate accountability (including taxing fossil fuel corporations) and redirecting finance away from polluters; this directly supports the book’s Part 1 “Call to Action: Our World & Our Future” by evidencing that those least responsible suffer most, and it informs Part 2 themes—“The Power of Generosity” and “Impact Investment”—by framing philanthropy and investment as tools for reparative, just-transition financing that prioritises frontline communities and systemic reform over profit.
