Can we solve the climate crisis without confronting global inequities?
A recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA found that white residents in the USA produce more climate pollution than black or hispanic residents, but black and hispanic people are exposed to more air pollution.
And that is just the USA! Think about the global inequities in the "haves" and the "have nots".
And how are we going to lift people out of poverty without making the climate crisis even worse?
If you are a resident in a wealthy country, is it your responsibility to address both problems at once? And what would that look like in terms of national and international policy?
Environmental Justice >
Pollution
Humans have been polluting the earth for more than decades now. As plastic fills up our oceans and land, burning fossil fuels and the waste from factories fill up the skies. The earth was not like this until we came along and started to mess with it, which is why we need to be the ones to set things right. Protecting the environment should become a bigger concern globally, and people should do their best to recycle, reduce their carbon footprint, etc. If we all work together, even if it takes decades or centuries to undo the damage, we can begin to reduce it little by little.