Their land, our future: To arrest the climate crisis, we need a democratic overhaul (commentary)

Mongabay
Dec 2, 2019, 4:04 pm202 pts
The global climate change conference (COP25) kicks off in Madrid today, instead of in Santiago, Chile, where escalating protests pushed the Chilean government to step down as COP25 hosts. The unrest in Chile boiled up from a deep well of resentment over economic inequality. Ironically and tragically — for…

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