With the climate crisis emerging as the next great challenge, many progressive leaders in advanced economies have advocated for a Green New Deal, which would shift economic policy and redistribute wealth. In the Global South, however, the centrality of a green transformation is still contested. Some argue that these countries should focus on pressing social issues such as poverty, housing or healthcare before facing the climate crisis, while others believe that the climate movement can simply be appeased with limited policy commitments.
But these views ignore the power a Green Democratic Revolution can have both in challenging the neoliberal model and guiding a political transformation focused on equality and well-being.
A Left-populist strategy focused on a Green Democratic Revolution is a way to achieve this, especially in Latin America and the Global South. But this needs to be interlaced with a feminist and internationalist perspective.
