Derby described the incredible artificial weather that Earthlings sometimes create for other Earthlings when they don't want those other Earthlings to inhabit Earth any more.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Climate change is portrayed as a deliberate weapon used by humans against other humans.
- In plain terms
- Humans create weather to make places uninhabitable for others.
- What can you take from it?
- Environmental harm can be a tool of exclusion.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who controls the environment?
- How does climate affect peace?
Another view
Climate change is often unintentional rather than malicious.
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