Eco-climatic crisis: The survival of African approaches and the paradox of polluters' pay
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https://doi.org/10.47672/ajcs.951Keywords:
eco-climatic crisis, African approaches, "polluters' pay", whistle-blowers, "seat of the gods"Abstract
Purpose: This paper does a phenomenology of global eco-climatic crisis, traces the route to the crisis, scans the industrialized-nations' neglect of this crisis in favour of "business as usual" and the survival of African approaches to this crisis faced with giant polluters.
Methodology: With the help of the evolutionary approach, the paper sees eco-climatic crisis as a direct result of western civilization.
Findings: Eco-climatic crisis whistle blowers like: James Lovelock, Edgar Morin and Michel Serres gave a deep insight of the crisis situation and in the same showcased two camps involved in climate debates: skeptics and crisologists. Finally, the survival of African approaches is faced with giant polluters.
Unique Contribution to theory, practice and Policy: The paper proposes encourages the African traditional eco-climatic policy of "sacred forests" as they act as ecological and climatic lungs and questions the ecological and climate foundation of "Ecotax" (polluter and pay). The contribution of this paper to policy is at the level of globalization of African approaches in eco-climatic crisis thanks to its climate and ecology-friendly character.
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