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Topic: Environmental damage

Environmental damage encompasses the various forms of harm inflicted on natural ecosystems and resources by human activities, including pollution, habitat destruction, and resource depletion.

More on: Environmental damage

The podcast episodes provided cover various aspects of environmental damage, including the environmental impacts of military operations, the role of plantation agriculture and racial capitalism in driving ecological devastation, and the need to address climate change-related risks.

For example, the episode Part Two: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise discusses the environmental damage caused by the construction of a U.S. military base in the Chagos Islands, while the episode War & warming explores the significant greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of environmental damage caused by military activities.

The episode Plantationocene examines how plantation agriculture and racial capitalism have contributed to ecological devastation, and the episode [Episode #135] - Internalizing Climate Risk highlights the urgency of addressing climate change-related risks in the financial system.

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