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Protecting Eco-frontiers: Carbon Majors in Africa’s Untapped Lands
In a capitalist construct, the environment is viewed as a commodity with zero opportunity cost, and over the years capitalism has given rise to severe environmental degradation. In this week’s post, Professor Soyapi focuses on capitalism and the environment. He discusses carbon majors' contribution to environmental degradation in Africa. The environment is everybody's responsibility to protect hence the observation that communities have the key to challenging future state-sanctioned carbon major projects that threaten African eco-frontiers.
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