Climate Justice

Webinar: Designing Climate Solutions for Post-Carbon Cities

This 90-minute webinar, Designing Climate Solutions for Post-Carbon Cities Webinar, explored three pressing questions that relate to climate change:  What are the top priority emissions reduction policies that should be implemented now? What role do cities play in implementing and influencing these policies? How should these policies be designed to address the needs of vulnerable communities?

Resist the New "Normal" Pushing Us Off the Path of Justice

By Samantha Harvey / On June 20th, 2017
We must resist a new "normal" that pushes us backwards on the path to justice; we must embrace hard conversations and commit to transformation. More simply, we must all decide—and really believe—that together we can make a better world.

Want to Win on Climate? Put Justice at the Center

By Laurie Mazur / On February 23rd, 2017
Communities of color are strong leaders in the fight against climate change, but only if policies and the process genuinely reflect their voice and vision.

An inclusive climate movement starts to rise in the Southeast

By Seandra Pope, Keya Chatterjee, Danielle Hilton / On June 7th, 2016
It’s no secret that the climate movement, despite some recent successes, has its problems. Spoken by mostly white voices, our messages are sometimes out of touch with the priorities of frontline communities: the ethnic minorities and low-income people who unfairly absorb the health and economic costs of climate change and environmental pollution.