Nish Doshi
Activists & Campaigners
Also working within:
Decolonising Movements & Diasporas
Scientists & Technologists
Also working within:
Decolonising Movements & Diasporas
Scientists & Technologists
Based: Edinburgh
Nish has been involved in the climate justice movement for over a decade, after growing up in several of the UK’s ex- and on-going colonies and seeing first-hand how “international development” was causing climate change. Within the UK they have been actively campaigning for decolonising (not as a metaphor) the climate movement by centring First Nation voices and calling for national accountability on colonialism. They love building connections and networks and organising from the grassroots. They also love trees.
“Climate change is not just an environmental movement - it is climate justice, a rallying call from the global south, for us to realise that climate change is the symptom of global social injustice. Scotland says it is leading the world on climate action, yet continues to fail to state its commitments to the global south, especially considering its role in colonialism and the slave trade. Our movements need to realise that it’s not just about cutting emissions, it’s about changing our relations - between us and the non-human world, but also between all of us, ourselves.”