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Morocco: Colonial context ( with Ayman)
- How does your footprint reflect the economy of your country, including it's colonial relations?
In general, the ecological footprint of a person is a reflection of their style of living. The more a person consumes, the larger their ecological footprint. And the level of consumption is tightly related to the income. The higher a person's income gets, the more products they buy. In a larger scale, we can say that the more a country is developed economicaly, the larger it's footprint. But this is not a general rule, a country might be developed economically and has less footprint than a developing one. This happens if the inhabitants are aware of the danger the nature is facing and consequently adapt their lifestyle to lessen the harm our planet is suffering from. So if i take my ecological footprint (60% carbon footprint and 3,5 earth if everyone lived like me) we can suppose that my country is developing, wich is the case.
- How are the effects of climate change related to power imbalances within and between countries?
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Hi Kherraz and Mereim,
I appreciate how you walked us through your logic in the first paragraph -- however, I am interested in the way colonial relations in Morocco have impacted its role as a country that both impacts and is impacted by climate change. It would be great if you could bring your region specific understanding into this conversation. How is Morocco implicated in conversations of power im/balance? Internationally and locally?
UalbertaKendra
Oct 6, 2017