In an article for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, Mohammad Rahmatullah of Daffodil International University critiques green colonial capitalism and argues that the climate crisis can only be resolved through a decolonial ecosocialist degrowth that uses democratic planning.
The article’s abstract can be found below:
The global renewable transition is widely celebrated as a solution to the climate crisis, yet many “green” projects reproduce imperial and patriarchal structures of domination. This article argues that climate futures cannot be secured within capitalist frameworks of growth and accumulation, which externalize ecological costs to the Global South while marginalizing Indigenous and feminist knowledges. Drawing on ecosocialist and degrowth theory, alongside ecologically unequal exchange (EUE), decolonial, and ecofeminist perspectives, the paper analyzes how green colonialism manifests in renewable energy supply chains, labor displacement, and technocratic climate governance. It contends that ecosocialist degrowth – combining the reduction of destructive production with democratic planning, reparations, and care-centered economies – offers the only viable alternative to capitalist “green” modernity. By engaging grassroots struggles and internationalist justice claims, the article outlines pathways for just ecosocialist transitions rooted in energy democracy, global redistribution, and relational ecological care.
You can read the article here.