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Eve Darian-Smith, Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine

Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump threw their weight behind industries that are driving climate change. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This backsliding on democracy and “creeping authoritarianism,” as the U.S. State Department puts it, is often supported by the same industries that are escalating climate change.

In my new book, “Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis,” I lay out connections between these industries and the politicians who are both stalling action on climate change and diminishing democracy.

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