Climate Justice
This term describes the fair treatment and involvement of all people in environmental policies, regardless of race, income, or nationality.
What is environmental justice?
These communities often live in areas near toxic facilities and face higher health risks due to climate change.
What are communities of color?
Climate change amplifies these disparities, leading to worse outcomes for asthma, obesity, and mental health.
What are health disparities?
This 2024 hurricane caused over 220 deaths in the Southeastern United States and over $20 billion in damages.
What is Hurricane Helene?
Climate justice solutions should ensure access to this essential resource for all communities.
What is clean drinking water?
This concept emphasizes that marginalized groups are more affected by climate change due to existing social inequalities.
What is climate justice?
This group is more vulnerable to climate change due to their reliance on natural resources and limited legal protection.
Who are migrants and refugees?
This essential aspect of life becomes less secure, especially for vulnerable populations, due to climate change.
What is food security?
California gas plants failed to perform adequately and caused pollution during this type of extreme event in 2022.
What is a heatwave?
These areas should be protected and restored to help combat climate change and preserve biodiversity.
What are ecosystems (forests, wetlands, etc.)?
This is how climate change worsens existing issues like food security, health disparities, and economic inequality.
What is the threat multiplier effect?
Special connection to the natural environment and institutional barriers make these groups more vulnerable to climate impacts.
Who are Indigenous populations?
Climate change increases conflicts over these essential resources, especially in drought-prone areas.
What are water and land?
In 2021, climate change was linked to the shrinking of this critical water source in the Western U.S.
What is the water supply?
Decolonizing trauma and fostering resilience are part of these approaches, essential for climate action.
What is a trauma-informed network?
Climate Action is Number ___ in Sustainable Development GOALS.
What is 13?
These groups are at higher risk during climate-related events due to mobility or health challenges.
Who are the elderly and people with disabilities?
Vulnerable communities may live in areas with inadequate infrastructure, increasing their risk during these events.
What are climate-related disasters?
This devastating fire in 2017 led to the destruction of over 6,000 homes and 40 fatalities.
What is the Tubbs Fire?
This industry needs to be phased out to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and support cleaner alternatives.
What is the fossil fuel industry?
Climate justice acknowledges that without addressing these, efforts to mitigate climate change only tackle symptoms and not the root causes.
What are historic injustices?
Increased droughts and weather changes particularly affect these communities, impacting food security and income.
Who are rural and farming communities?
Rising sea levels and extreme weather events lead to this issue, forcing people to leave their homes.
What is migration and displacement?
The investigations were looking into whether ______ officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk.
What is Louisiana?
Education, emotional awareness, and the inclusion of coping strategies are all part of this approach to supporting communities.
What is fostering resilience?