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80% of terrestrial species are found on the lands stewarded by Indigenous people and local communities. Therefore - to protect biodiversity - protect IPLC land rights and keep polluting and extractive industries away.

— Carola Rackete

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It's our *white* responsibility to make sure people who speak out about racism are safe at all times. This means ending structural racism in our societies, authorities and media.

It's absolutely correct that climate and environmental movements should focus on systemic change and not on bamboo toothbrushes. It's mainly governments who control energy infrastructure. And yes governments should support community-owned energy initiatives.

There are people who seriously think sea rescue activists like me rescue Black lives because we hate white people. Some white people feel personally threatened by the fact that human rights apply to everyone equally. White priviledge needs to end if we want justice, ever.

I worked in polar science support for years but only when I studied nature conservation did I understand the scale of ecological descruction the growth based economic system is causing and that there is no way to save frogs nor people within a system that causes social injustice.

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