Too Late for Indigenous Climate Justice - Ecological and Relational Tipping Points

Summary

An unsparing argument about speed. Indigenous philosopher Kyle Whyte holds that just climate action depends on relationships of consent, trust and reciprocity, and that under colonialism “the relational tipping point got crossed long ago”. Without them, “speediness is likely possible only if consent or reciprocity are violated”. Hence: “Urgency must be aimed at addressing ecological and relational tipping points together”.

Rationale

Whyte doubts there’s time left to build the trust fair action needs. That challenges any slow, long-term approach to culture, ours included; we have no tidy answer.