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Climate reparations and the colonial continuum: Why Africa needs a Pan African agenda

In this week’s post, Dr. Patrick Toussaint, argues why Africa needs a Pan-African research agenda that tackles climate reparations and reparations for slavery, colonialism and racial exploitation in tandem. He explains why Africa’s vulnerability to climate change is not accidental but reflects deeper structural conditions shaped by centuries of colonial extraction and unequal development.

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