In conclusion, the left worldwide, and in particular in Greece, has to make ecology central to its discourse and struggles. Climate change is a global problem but requires local solutions. Syriza must continue to add to the momentum of the activist movements in Greece, gain from them, and help them grow into a resistance movement and a political force. As more people participate and connect the pieces of the puzzle, i.e., local ecological catastrophes, to the larger picture, i.e. climate change and capitalism, the political awareness of these ecological movements will be awakened and will be successfully expressed through the left.

Source: newpol.org

This article by Natassa Romanou of the NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies emphasis the real challenge for Syriza: can it link the austerity crisis with the ecological planetary limits crisis?

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