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 >
Environmental equality
Environmental equality means larger, wealthy countries need to support smaller countries in the fight against climate change. Wealthy countries such as the United States produce the majority of carbon emissions, but the climate change that this causes disproportionately affects poorer countries. This is obviously extremely unfair, and it needs to change. The United States, and other wealthy countries, need to step up their game.