Today, the world's largest greenhouse gas producers spend 2.3 times more money on
arming their borders than they invest in the fight against global climate change.Statistics are greatly spoiled by the United States, which spent almost eleventimes more (almost $ 20 billion) on border armaments in 2013-2018 than on climatechange, Australia has a 13.5: 1 ratio and the worst Canada even 15: 1. Theintention of these powers is nothing more than the construction of a so-calledglobal climate wall, which will stop the coming refugee waves caused by theuninhabitability of the regions as a result of the climate crisis. The richeststates thus want to avoid reparations for the catastrophe on which they havebuilt their economic growth for many decades.How to deal with the global climate crisis has already been decided in somecountries. We will build an impermeable wall, encircle it with cannons, releasedrones into the cloud, and of course what is happening outside our "green zone"does not concern us. Paradoxically, these are the same countries that have beenmost responsible for the climate crisis since the beginning of the industrialrevolution. The United States is responsible for 30.1% of all greenhouse gasessince 1850. The construction of impermeable border walls, guarded bystate-of-the-art surveillance and guidance technology, represents an economicboom for armaments corporations and all border surveillance industries. Behindthe walls, outside the public interest, is an unprecedented misery of refugeesand migrants who are making deadly journeys to achieve safety in a worlddistorted by climate change.Climate migration is now a realityClimate change is increasingly the cause of displacement or migration. This isdue either to a specific catastrophic event, such as a hurricane or flash floods,or to the cumulative effects of drought or rising ocean levels. Most displacedpeople remain in their country, but some go abroad and this will happen more andmore often. Migration due to climate change occurs mainly in poor areas andintersects and is supported by other reasons to leave the place. It ischaracterized by systemic injustice accompanied by violence, insecurity and poorsocial structures that force people to leave their homes.Better a wall than compensationThe provision of financial and material resources to the world's most affectedregions cannot be seen as an expression of aid or even solidarity, we are onlytalking here about compensation. Of course, provided that the permanentlydestroyed and uninhabitable environment cannot be replaced by money. Since 1850,the world's ten largest polluters have been responsible for 72% of all greenhousegas emissions. These are the USA (30.1%), China (15.5%), Russia (6.9%), Germany(4.3%), Japan (3.8%), the United Kingdom (3.6% ), Canada (2.6%), France (2.1%),Australia (1.8%) and Brazil (1.8%). The European Union as a whole is responsiblefor 18.1% of greenhouse gas emissions.Most of these countries have more than enough money to pay for the damage theyhave caused. On the other hand, the poorest countries produce almost no emissionscompared to their developed ones, and yet they face the worst effects of a globalcatastrophe without having the capacity or infrastructure to deal with thecrisis. Despite the fact that 50% of the population of the poorest countries isresponsible for only 7% of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, these people haveto pay for 75-80% of the consequences.Spending on weapons and border control systems for the seven largest pollutersrose by 29% between 2013 and 2018. The European Border Agency's Frontex budgethas grown by an incredible 2763% between its creation in 2006 and 2021. Thisvigorous militarization of borders is based on a long-term climate and securitystrategy that, since 2000, has portrayed migrants as a security threat.Multinational corporations with interests in the border guard industry havehelped to push through this agenda through well-oiled political lobbying, whichhas led to an increasing number of contracts for the border industry and thecreation of an increasingly hostile environment for refugees and migrants.Rich countries are building "green PRs" and claim to have provided at least $79.6 billion of the $ 100 billion promised in 2019, but research shows that thisamount has been significantly overshot because it is largely a loan. The actualamount of money provided is not even half.The richest countries in the world and at the same time the biggest polluters arebuilding modern impenetrable fortresses, while the poorest people on the planetare most affected by displacement. Bangladesh is responsible for 0.015% of allemissions, but more than 4.4 million people had to be displaced due to climatechange in 2020 alone. In Honduras, with its 0.012% of historical emissions,almost a million people had to flee their homes in the same year. Somalia -0.00027% of emissions - million displaced (2020).The climate crisis mainly benefits the border surveillance industryProfits in the border surveillance industry are already gaining rocket growthtoday, thanks, among other things, to many years of massive disinformationcampaigns on social networks. They are expected to continue to rise at a similarpace as a result of the climate crisis. The largest suppliers of bordersurveillance technology are attracting investors to future profits stemming fromthe deepening climate crisis.Raytheon, an armaments corporation, does not even deny that "demand for itsmilitary products and security services may grow due to drought, floods andstorms caused by climate change." Cobham, a leading supplier of fencing equipmentto Australian border guards, says "resource depletion and reduced populationhabitability could increase the need for border surveillance due to populationmigration."The corporation focuses é on border control while ensuring the security guard inthe oil industry, which is one of the main architects of the climate crisis. Theownership structure of e armament and oil business mingle.The ten largest fossil fuel corporations hire the same corporations that controlthe border guarding industry. Chevron hires Cobham, G4S, Indra, Leonardo, Thales.Exxon Mobil hires Airbus, Damen, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Leonardo, LockheedMartin. BP hires Airbus, G4S, Indra, Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Thales. RoyalDutch Shell hires Airbus, Boeing, Damen, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Thales, G4S.For example, Exxon Mobil has hired L3Harris (one of the 14 largest suppliers ofUS border guards) to ensure the safety of its wells in the Niger Delta inNigeria. This is a region that is suffering from huge displacement due toenvironmental pollution. BP hires Palantir Corporation to develop a "real-timedata repository for all wells in operation." Palantir is also a major provider offiscal software to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A notablecontractor for border protection contracts is also the infamous G4S, which in2012 assisted police in South Africa in the mass murder of 34 striking miners oralso provides security for the construction of the Dakota Access (DAPL) oilpipeline in the USA.The synergy between miners and border corporations is also evidenced by theinterconnectedness of the executive directors of some companies. Ronald D. Sugar,former CEO of armaments corporation Northrop Grumman and Marillyn Hewson, formerCEO of armaments corporation Lockheed Martin, now sit together on Chevron's boardof directors. Nathalie Tocci sits on the board of directors of the Italian miningcorporation ENI (Agip), who advised former MEP Vice-President Federico Mogherini.Together, they have contributed to the promotion of the strategy of externalizingthe EU's borders to third countries.This alliance of power, wealth, and secret conventions between miners andarmourers shows how closely the climate inaction of politicians and the buildingof forts at the borders are closely linked. Both sectors benefit from the factthat more and more resources are being redirected to tackling the effects ofclimate change rather than addressing the root causes of the crisis. That thisamoral business is claiming huge loss of life is evidenced by the rising numbersof victims of fleeing, inhumane living conditions in refugee camps and detentioncenters, the forcible pushes of refugees back across the strongholds of Europeand the United States, and countless cases of unnecessary suffering andbrutality. It is estimated that 41,000 refugees died on the road between 2014 and2020, but this number is greatly underestimated, as many lives have been lost inthe waves of the seas and oceans or in the deserts between the dunes.Nation-states play their part perfectly even on the eve of the greatest crisishumanity has ever faced. The most important thing is always the good condition ofbig business, people and the Earth are in second place. For their confusedcitizens, they will find the scapegoat among the weakest.https://www.afed.cz/text/7503/za-strzeni-marianskeho-sloupu_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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