Era Robbani

Conventional debates on the sustainability of space tourism tend to focus on technical efficiency, carbon accounting, or regulatory gaps. Such approaches, however, remain insufficient for grasping the deeper harms produced by this emerging industry. Drawing on this “harm” perspective, this article reframes space tourism not as an issue of environmental mismanagement but as a form of elite-produced harm embedded within global structures of inequality, extractivism, and climate injustice with a...

In this interview, Shahin , a young climate activist from Bangladesh, shares his reflections on attending last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP). Speaking from firsthand experience as a youth activist and also a victim of climate change-induced adversities, he highlights the gap between global discussions and local realities - and what must change to make climate conferences truly impactful. Era: When you went to the last COP, what do you think was the outcome of it? How...

In this interview, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Bahzad Al Akhras, a Palestinian medical doctor from Gaza and a mental health researcher, about the changing landscapes of Palestine, particularly in the context of geopolitics and the genocide. He shares his personal experiences and reflections on how the daily realities shape the ways people experience the country’s landscapes. Era: Thank you for agreeing to the interview. My first question, to introduce you to our audience,...