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A
small fishing community is facing eviction under plans to transform
Indonesia’s Rempang Island into a solar panel “ecocity”.
Around 7,500 islanders are fighting to keep their homes as the
government plans to uproot them to make way for a
multi-billion dollar Chinese-backed manufacturing hub.
Nikita
Sud, of the University of Oxford, has visited the island and,
in our latest Insights long read, reports on the violent
backlash from state forces as protestors took to the streets.
She believes Rempang is just the latest “sacrificial zone” in
the international quest for green energy which is reliant on
developing countries. “The transition to green energy, far
from creating a green new deal for all,” she writes, “is
actually reinforcing entrenched inequalities and
hierarchies.”
Meanwhile,
our extensive coverage of events in the Middle East continues
here.
And read about how vaccine
research in Brazil hopes to help people with addictions to
cocaine and crack, including pregnant women and their
offspring. |
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Paul Keaveny
Investigations Editor, Manchester,
UK | |
People shout slogans during a protest in
Jakarta against plans to evict 7,500 residents from Rempang
island to make way for a Chinese-owned glass factory as part
of an ‘Ecocity’ development. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM
Nikita Sud, University of Oxford
The
international quest for green energy is reliant on
‘sacrificial zones’ in developing countries. |
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U.S. embassy in Tehran in 2022. Contributor#072019/Getty
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John Ciorciari, University of Michigan
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