This study by J. Andrew Hoerner and Nia Robinson, published in 2008, reveals that policies supporting environmental justice are good for both the economy and the environment.
This Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (EJCC) report, A Climate of Change: African Americans, Global Warming, and a Just Climate Policy for the U.S., examines how leading climate change policy solutions that address social inequity also serve economic and environmental health for the entire country.
Climate change is not only an issue of the environment; it is also an issue of justice and human rights, one that dangerously intersects race and class. All over the world people of color, Indigenous Peoples and low-income communities bear disproportionate burdens from climate change itself, from ill-designed policies to prevent it, and from side eff ects of the energy systems that cause it. A Climate of Change explores the impacts of climate change on African Americans, from health to economics to community, and considers what policies would most harm or benefit African Americans-and the nation as a whole.
This report finds that:
Global warming amplifies nearly all existing inequalities.
Sound global warming policy is also economic and racial justice policy.
Climate policies that best serve African Americans also best serve a just and strong United States.
Climate policies that best serve African Americans and other disproportionately affected communities also best serve global economic and environmental justice.
A distinctive African American voice is critical for climate justice.
A Climate of Change: African Americans, Global Warming, and a Just Climate Policy for the U.S.
Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration
Category: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK)
This study by J. Andrew Hoerner and Nia Robinson, published in 2008, reveals that policies supporting environmental justice are good for both the economy and the environment.
This Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (EJCC) report, A Climate of Change: African Americans, Global Warming, and a Just Climate Policy for the U.S., examines how leading climate change policy solutions that address social inequity also serve economic and environmental health for the entire country.
Climate change is not only an issue of the environment; it is also an issue of justice and human rights, one that dangerously intersects race and class. All over the world people of color, Indigenous Peoples and low-income communities bear disproportionate burdens from climate change itself, from ill-designed policies to prevent it, and from side eff ects of the energy systems that cause it. A Climate of Change explores the impacts of climate change on African Americans, from health to economics to community, and considers what policies would most harm or benefit African Americans-and the nation as a whole.
This report finds that: