Extractive Industries

WEEKEND FEATURE: Conflict, Disasters, and Oil Companies Bring Disaster to Mozambique

WEEKEND FEATURE: Conflict, Disasters, and Oil Companies Bring Disaster to Mozambique

Climate change begins when fossil fuels are taken from the ground and commodified, a process run by some of the most profitable corporations in the world. While we often focus on the effects of climate change on populations worldwide, the extractive practices that cause climate change often wreak unimaginable damage on nations of the Global South that already suffer the worst impacts of intensifying natural disasters and weather extremes.