In season three of the podcast, we are dedicating a good number of our episodes to the exploration of environmental justice themes. In this episode we talk with Mathews Malata Jr., an environmental journalist and president of the Association of Environmental Journalists in Malawi. He and his colleagues are dedicated to bringing attention to serious environmental concerns, uncovering systemic corruption, and advocating for more just policies. Journalists like Mathews seek to make people more aware of the impacts of the ongoing climate crisis, and of the need for every Malawi citizen to work for the preservation and protection of their beautiful country. At the same time, Mathews points out that the struggle for environmental justice is a global one—since most of the catastrophic impacts of climate change in Malawi are actually caused by the harmful habits of nations in the global north.
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Guest: Mathews Malata, President of the Association of Environmental Journalists in Malawi
Malata's Twitter feed & Facebook page & Youtube channel
Mathews Malata's articles in The Nation
Mentions:
Malawi's contribution to climate change is miniscule
COP26 in Glasgow
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2022 report
UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Malawi's increasing extreme weather events
lack of access to clean energy in Malawi drives deforestation
Malawi's Nationally Determined Contributions to UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
Cyclone Idai devastates Malawi in 2019
Thin plastics co. (which have been banned in Malawi)
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