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Western Sahara is a Climate Justice Issue
January 17, 2025
Greta Thunberg in Tindouf, Algeria: Sahrawi Solidarity Summit-Climate Justice & Western Sahara Panel
January 2025
What are the responsibilities of the climate movement to those facing occupation, displacement, and increasing global militarization? In January 2025, Greta Thunberg joined Sahrawi climate activists in Tindouf, Algeria, where the activists spoke about the interconnected struggles against colonization and the climate catastrophe from Sweden to the Sahara, and beyond. For them, “greening” the status quo is futile; climate justice is the only approach capable of confronting the entanglement of colonialism, capitalism, and the climate catastrophe. The Sahrawi Solidarity Summit was organized by Solidarity Rising and cosponsored by the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies.