Drug policy reform: The missing link to climate justice

Sunday, 11 February 2024 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Green mountains in Colombia, blue sky with clouds

Drug policy reform: The missing link to climate justice

 

The International Coalition on Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice has published its first report, Revealing the Missing Link to Climate Justice:  Drug Policy here

 

This episode of Earth Matters looks at how the war on drugs and international prohibition regime support organised crime, encourage corruption and, as Clemmie James puts it, is a "wrecking ball" for the environment,  impeding international efforts to protect the environment and prevent climate change.

 

Clemmie James, Climate activist and Chair of the International Coalition on Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice.

 

Neil Woods, former UK police officer and undercover drugs operative, author and board member of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) in the USA and in the U.K. and member of the International Coalition on Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice.

 

Dr. Diego Andrés Lugo-Vivas, scholar and activist from Columbia and member of International Coalition for Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice.

 

Produced by Judith Peppard

 

Earth Matters # 1439

 

Music:  Astro by Mateo Kingman