Who Pays to Adapt? Climate Debt and Populist Politics of Climate Justice in Africa
In this commentary, Dr. Oludele Mayowa Solaja uses the concept of “climate debt populism” to examine how climate vulnerability, sovereign...
ECPS Joins TRACE, a New EU-Funded Project on Colonial Legacies and Climate Vulnerability
ECPS has joined TRACE – Tracing Colonial Legacies in Climate Vulnerabilities, a new 24-month project funded by the European Union’s...
Green Colonialism or Green Sovereignty? Africa’s Critical Minerals and the Politics of the Energy Transition
Africa’s centrality to the global energy transition rests increasingly on its vast reserves of critical minerals, yet mineral abundance alone...
The Hidden Cost of AI: Our Climate, Our Children, Our Future
In this Voice of Youth (VoY) piece, Emaan Zahra examines the intertwined environmental and developmental costs of the rapid expansion...
When the Global South Says ‘No’: Waste Sovereignty and the New Geography of Environmental Security
In this commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja argues that waste is no longer merely an environmental management problem but an emerging...
Why Environmental Displacement Is the Next Frontier in Populist Politics
As climate change increasingly reshapes patterns of human mobility, it is also transforming the political foundations of democratic citizenship. In...
Decolonizing Climate Governance: Why Indigenous Knowledge Remains on the Margins of Global Climate Action
As climate change intensifies, global climate governance increasingly acknowledges the value of Indigenous knowledge while continuing to marginalize Indigenous peoples...
Data and Drought: A Community Fights Back
As artificial intelligence drives an unprecedented expansion of data-center infrastructure, questions of climate sustainability, democratic accountability, and technological governance are...
Waste Sovereignty and Plastic Colonialism: Environmental Power and Populism in the Global Political Economy of Waste
DOWNLOAD ARTICLE Please cite as:Solaja, Oludele Mayowa. (2026). “Waste Sovereignty and Plastic Colonialism: Environmental Power and Populism in the Global...
Decolonizing Populism Theory: Ecological Crisis, Informal Governance, and Democratic Claims in the Global South
This commentary by Dr. Oludele Solaja advances a compelling decolonial critique of populism by relocating its analytical center from ideology...
From Waste to Political Weapon: Informal Recycling and Survivalist Populism in Urban Nigeria
Urban waste governance in Nigeria reveals a critical yet overlooked nexus between environmental management, informality, and political legitimacy. This policy...
Security at What Cost? Punitive Populism and Democratic Trade-offs in Ecuador
In this commentary, Emilio Hernández examines Ecuador’s recent security crisis through the lens of punitive populism, offering a nuanced account...