To achieve climate justice, philosophy professor of Georgetown University Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò suggests the world uses the tool of reparations to connect the dots between current-day climate destruction and legacies of colonialism. Today, host Marco Werman speaks to Táíwò about his new book, “Reconsidering Reparations,” and about how a global system of reparations can help redistribute wealth, prosperity and power.
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