Highlights
- The climate crisis is much more complex than simply Co2 emissions but is deeply intertwined with other planetary crises and structural violences such as climate coloniality, racial capitalism, militarism and the patriarchy
- In the genocide of the Palestinian people where Israel’s colonial expansion, the fangs of the military-industrial complex and capitalist exploitation intersect and exacerbate suffering of people and the planet
- Researchers and decision-makers cannot afford to view the climate crisis as a single-issue matter and instead need to be willing to embrace its complexity and deep interconnection with problems.
Abstract
This provocation argues that we need a critical–relational reading of the climate crisis that clearly acknowledges its entanglement with overlapping planetary crises and enduring violent structures. Global governance projects like the Paris Agreement have failed to govern the crisis because they view it as limited to CO₂ emissions. Instead, we need to understand its complexity as it intersects with other planetary crises such as biodiversity loss and pollution. The Climate Crisis is further deeply embedded in colonialism, racial capitalism, militarism and patriarchy. These structures exacerbate climate vulnerability and openly obstruct successful governance mechanisms.
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Space and Polity, 1–9. July 2026
https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2026.2702036