#climateinjustice — Public Fediverse posts
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The more #climatecollapse, the more #climateINjustice:
"Christiana Figueres warns that climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’."
In any climate catastrophe, those who suffer most, have contributed least, and vice versa.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/apr/08/world-held-hostage-reliance-fossil-fuels-health-christiana-figueres -
"...drought tightens its grip, just as humanitarian funding has sharply decreased, forcing many organizations to close programmes"
How can anyone doubt the foul #climateinjustice at play -
"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. This deepens #climateinjustice, which is that the people who have done the least to cause it are the ones who will suffer the most."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/extreme-heat-class-divide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk8.y8AD.S53bVsx_0qkc&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawMS3jlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjeHFBdVFVYjNzeVVBanZ3AR7hqbG1_T8nf4rYj8yYRzGbjGi_Ys0xO6Jp5C1xBbTrkTkOYsdlea28YbUCfg_aem_-eZAW7IKKoXsYNS4Mks2ew -
"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. This deepens #climateinjustice, which is that the people who have done the least to cause it are the ones who will suffer the most."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/extreme-heat-class-divide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk8.y8AD.S53bVsx_0qkc&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawMS3jlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjeHFBdVFVYjNzeVVBanZ3AR7hqbG1_T8nf4rYj8yYRzGbjGi_Ys0xO6Jp5C1xBbTrkTkOYsdlea28YbUCfg_aem_-eZAW7IKKoXsYNS4Mks2ew -
"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. This deepens #climateinjustice, which is that the people who have done the least to cause it are the ones who will suffer the most."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/extreme-heat-class-divide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk8.y8AD.S53bVsx_0qkc&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawMS3jlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjeHFBdVFVYjNzeVVBanZ3AR7hqbG1_T8nf4rYj8yYRzGbjGi_Ys0xO6Jp5C1xBbTrkTkOYsdlea28YbUCfg_aem_-eZAW7IKKoXsYNS4Mks2ew -
"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. This deepens #climateinjustice, which is that the people who have done the least to cause it are the ones who will suffer the most."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/extreme-heat-class-divide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk8.y8AD.S53bVsx_0qkc&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawMS3jlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjeHFBdVFVYjNzeVVBanZ3AR7hqbG1_T8nf4rYj8yYRzGbjGi_Ys0xO6Jp5C1xBbTrkTkOYsdlea28YbUCfg_aem_-eZAW7IKKoXsYNS4Mks2ew -
"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. This deepens #climateinjustice, which is that the people who have done the least to cause it are the ones who will suffer the most."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opinion/extreme-heat-class-divide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk8.y8AD.S53bVsx_0qkc&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawMS3jlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjeHFBdVFVYjNzeVVBanZ3AR7hqbG1_T8nf4rYj8yYRzGbjGi_Ys0xO6Jp5C1xBbTrkTkOYsdlea28YbUCfg_aem_-eZAW7IKKoXsYNS4Mks2ew -
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-world-wealthiest-contributed-thirds-global.html
research sheds new light on the links between income-based #emissions inequality and #climateinjustice, illustrating how the consumption and investments of wealthy individuals have had disproportionate impacts on #extremeweatherevents. These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable tropical regions like the #AmazonBasin, #SoutheastAsia, and southern #Africa—all areas that have historically contributed the least to #globalemissions.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-05-world-wealthiest-contributed-thirds-global.html
research sheds new light on the links between income-based #emissions inequality and #climateinjustice, illustrating how the consumption and investments of wealthy individuals have had disproportionate impacts on #extremeweatherevents. These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable tropical regions like the #AmazonBasin, #SoutheastAsia, and southern #Africa—all areas that have historically contributed the least to #globalemissions.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-05-world-wealthiest-contributed-thirds-global.html
research sheds new light on the links between income-based #emissions inequality and #climateinjustice, illustrating how the consumption and investments of wealthy individuals have had disproportionate impacts on #extremeweatherevents. These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable tropical regions like the #AmazonBasin, #SoutheastAsia, and southern #Africa—all areas that have historically contributed the least to #globalemissions.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-05-world-wealthiest-contributed-thirds-global.html
research sheds new light on the links between income-based #emissions inequality and #climateinjustice, illustrating how the consumption and investments of wealthy individuals have had disproportionate impacts on #extremeweatherevents. These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable tropical regions like the #AmazonBasin, #SoutheastAsia, and southern #Africa—all areas that have historically contributed the least to #globalemissions.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-05-world-wealthiest-contributed-thirds-global.html
research sheds new light on the links between income-based #emissions inequality and #climateinjustice, illustrating how the consumption and investments of wealthy individuals have had disproportionate impacts on #extremeweatherevents. These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable tropical regions like the #AmazonBasin, #SoutheastAsia, and southern #Africa—all areas that have historically contributed the least to #globalemissions.
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"Climate injustice persists as those least responsible often bear the greatest impacts, both between and within countries. Here we show how GHG emissions from consumption and investments attributable to the wealthiest population groups have disproportionately influenced present-day climate change. We link emissions inequality over the period 1990–2020 to regional climate extremes using an emulator-based framework. We find that two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution. For extreme events, the top 10% (1%) contributed 7 (26) times the average to increases in monthly 1-in-100-year heat extremes globally and 6 (17) times more to Amazon droughts. Emissions from the wealthiest 10% in the United States and China led to a two- to threefold increase in heat extremes across vulnerable regions. Quantifying the link between wealth disparities and climate impacts can assist in the discourse on climate equity and justice."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02325-x
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Inequality #ClimateInjustice #PoliticalEconomy #GasEmissions
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Discussions at the World Health Summit in Berlin this week have rightly emphasized the role of health workers, especially those directly serving local communities.
Health workers stand at the intersection of climate change and community health.
They are first-hand eyewitnesses and the first line of defense against the impacts of climate on health.
There is real horror in the climate impacts on health they describe.
Read the Health Worker Eyewitness reports “Climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for action“ and “On the frontline of climate change and health: A health worker eyewitness report”.
There is also real hope in the local solutions and strategies they are already implementing to help communities survive such impacts, most often without support from their government or from the global community.
There is no alternative to the health workforce as the ones most likely to drive effective adaptation strategies and build trust when it comes to climate change and health.
Their unique value stems from several key factors:
- Firsthand experience: Health workers witness the direct and indirect health impacts of climate change daily, providing valuable insights.
- Community trust: As respected figures in their communities, health workers can effectively communicate climate-health risks and promote adaptive behaviors.
- Local knowledge: Their deep understanding of local contexts allows for the development of tailored, culturally appropriate solutions.
- Existing infrastructure: Health workers represent an established network that is already having to respond to climate change.
As Dr. Maria Neira from the World Health Organization emphasized at Teach to Reach 10 in June 2024: “We need to use our voice, the power of the voice of health, to convince governments to do three things. First, accelerate the transition to clean sources of energy to stop this disaster. Second, to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems. And third, to accelerate the transition to better planning of urban areas…” Learn more about Teach to Reach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai5RlHRt70A
However, current global health investments often overlook the potential of health workers.
Furthermore, there is a tendency to see them as instruments to implement national plans and policies and recipients for knowledge about climate change that they are assumed to be lacking.
This fails to recognize the potential of health workers to lead, not just execute plans, in the face of climate change impacts on health.
It also fails to recognize the significance and value of local knowledge and experience that health workers hold because they are there every day.
A shift in focus could make health workers the most obvious “best buy” for governments and international funders.
By investing in health workers as agents of change, we can leverage an existing, trusted workforce to rapidly scale up adaptation efforts and rebuild trust in global health initiatives.
One innovative model developed by The Geneva Learning Foundation has shown promise in this area, connecting over 60,000 health practitioners across 137 countries and reaching frontline government staff working for health in conflict zones and other challenging contexts.
This approach not only maximizes the impact of climate-health investments but also strengthens health systems overall, creating a win-win scenario for global health and climate resilience.
Image: The Geneva Learning Foundation Collection © 2024
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#climateChange #climateInjustice #community #health #HRH #MariaNeira #trust #WHOInvestmentRound #WorldHealthSummit
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Discussions at the World Health Summit in Berlin this week have rightly emphasized the role of health workers, especially those directly serving local communities.
Health workers stand at the intersection of climate change and community health.
They are first-hand eyewitnesses and the first line of defense against the impacts of climate on health.
There is real horror in the climate impacts on health they describe.
Read the Health Worker Eyewitness reports “Climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for action“ and “On the frontline of climate change and health: A health worker eyewitness report”.
There is also real hope in the local solutions and strategies they are already implementing to help communities survive such impacts, most often without support from their government or from the global community.
There is no alternative to the health workforce as the ones most likely to drive effective adaptation strategies and build trust when it comes to climate change and health.
Their unique value stems from several key factors:
- Firsthand experience: Health workers witness the direct and indirect health impacts of climate change daily, providing valuable insights.
- Community trust: As respected figures in their communities, health workers can effectively communicate climate-health risks and promote adaptive behaviors.
- Local knowledge: Their deep understanding of local contexts allows for the development of tailored, culturally appropriate solutions.
- Existing infrastructure: Health workers represent an established network that is already having to respond to climate change.
As Dr. Maria Neira from the World Health Organization emphasized at Teach to Reach 10 in June 2024: “We need to use our voice, the power of the voice of health, to convince governments to do three things. First, accelerate the transition to clean sources of energy to stop this disaster. Second, to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems. And third, to accelerate the transition to better planning of urban areas…” Learn more about Teach to Reach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai5RlHRt70A
However, current global health investments often overlook the potential of health workers.
Furthermore, there is a tendency to see them as instruments to implement national plans and policies and recipients for knowledge about climate change that they are assumed to be lacking.
This fails to recognize the potential of health workers to lead, not just execute plans, in the face of climate change impacts on health.
It also fails to recognize the significance and value of local knowledge and experience that health workers hold because they are there every day.
A shift in focus could make health workers the most obvious “best buy” for governments and international funders.
By investing in health workers as agents of change, we can leverage an existing, trusted workforce to rapidly scale up adaptation efforts and rebuild trust in global health initiatives.
One innovative model developed by The Geneva Learning Foundation has shown promise in this area, connecting over 60,000 health practitioners across 137 countries and reaching frontline government staff working for health in conflict zones and other challenging contexts.
This approach not only maximizes the impact of climate-health investments but also strengthens health systems overall, creating a win-win scenario for global health and climate resilience.
Image: The Geneva Learning Foundation Collection © 2024
Share this:
#climateChange #climateInjustice #community #health #HRH #MariaNeira #trust #WHOInvestmentRound #WorldHealthSummit
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@koen_hufkens I don't put blame on you. It's a great story; share it! The ambivalence of the topic comes across clearly in the article. However, I disagree that this applies to all #charity. The article even mentions #worldbicyclerelief seem to draw significantly above-average amounts of money from the company, compared to similar #ngo – and, in case of its CEO, fund hobbies with it that increase #climateinjustice. I think that's useful information to have before giving money away to charity.
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@koen_hufkens I don't put blame on you. It's a great story; share it! The ambivalence of the topic comes across clearly in the article. However, I disagree that this applies to all #charity. The article even mentions #worldbicyclerelief seem to draw significantly above-average amounts of money from the company, compared to similar #ngo – and, in case of its CEO, fund hobbies with it that increase #climateinjustice. I think that's useful information to have before giving money away to charity.
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@koen_hufkens I don't put blame on you. It's a great story; share it! The ambivalence of the topic comes across clearly in the article. However, I disagree that this applies to all #charity. The article even mentions #worldbicyclerelief seem to draw significantly above-average amounts of money from the company, compared to similar #ngo – and, in case of its CEO, fund hobbies with it that increase #climateinjustice. I think that's useful information to have before giving money away to charity.
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@koen_hufkens I don't put blame on you. It's a great story; share it! The ambivalence of the topic comes across clearly in the article. However, I disagree that this applies to all #charity. The article even mentions #worldbicyclerelief seem to draw significantly above-average amounts of money from the company, compared to similar #ngo – and, in case of its CEO, fund hobbies with it that increase #climateinjustice. I think that's useful information to have before giving money away to charity.
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@koen_hufkens I don't put blame on you. It's a great story; share it! The ambivalence of the topic comes across clearly in the article. However, I disagree that this applies to all #charity. The article even mentions #worldbicyclerelief seem to draw significantly above-average amounts of money from the company, compared to similar #ngo – and, in case of its CEO, fund hobbies with it that increase #climateinjustice. I think that's useful information to have before giving money away to charity.
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Last night was #StatueSunday in Berlin.
To learn more about why @scientistrebellion_GER blindfolds statues to protest #climateinjustice, see https://scientistrebellion.de/l0q8hl4uj1291mw0vwl8rcpyd85s2c26/ #climatecrisis #climatemovement -
Last night was #StatueSunday in Berlin.
To learn more about why @scientistrebellion_GER blindfolds statues to protest #climateinjustice, see https://scientistrebellion.de/l0q8hl4uj1291mw0vwl8rcpyd85s2c26/ #climatecrisis #climatemovement -
Last night was #StatueSunday in Berlin.
To learn more about why @scientistrebellion_GER blindfolds statues to protest #climateinjustice, see https://scientistrebellion.de/l0q8hl4uj1291mw0vwl8rcpyd85s2c26/ #climatecrisis #climatemovement -
Last night was #StatueSunday in Berlin.
To learn more about why @scientistrebellion_GER blindfolds statues to protest #climateinjustice, see https://scientistrebellion.de/l0q8hl4uj1291mw0vwl8rcpyd85s2c26/ #climatecrisis #climatemovement -
Last night was #StatueSunday in Berlin.
To learn more about why @scientistrebellion_GER blindfolds statues to protest #climateinjustice, see https://scientistrebellion.de/l0q8hl4uj1291mw0vwl8rcpyd85s2c26/ #climatecrisis #climatemovement -
The definition of #climateINjustice:
"The #Maldives faces existential threat from a #climatecrisis it did little to create."
And that, if history is any guide, it will receive only thoughts & prayers to deal with, not actual help.
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New scientific paper released today offers a bold solution to climate change, biodiversity loss and social injustice | Brian McHugh
#Biodiversity #Climatechange #Climateinjustice #Climatemigrationpathway #SocialInjustice
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/climate-change-is-a-symptom-of-excessive-and-unsustainable-environmental-pressure/?feed_id=8&_unique_id=659d935b541b3 -
Contentious #Copper-#Nickel #Mine Gets Permit Approval from MN Appeals Court
by @UnicornRiot
Saint Paul, MN — On Monday, December 18, the #Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a key air permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a proposed copper-nickel mine formerly known as PolyMet. The company — NewRange Copper Nickel — views the decision as a victory as it attempts to build the first mine for copper, nickel and other precious metals in Minnesota. Environmental groups and the #FondDuLacBand of Lake Superior #Chippewa Indians filed a lawsuit to overturn the permit, saying that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) failed to consider if the company would expand its operations and thus produce more emissions."
#EnvironmentalRacism #Mining #Resistance #NoConsent #IndigenousNews #ClimateJustice #ClimateInjustice #Pollution
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#ClimateInjustice #surveillance #fascism #churches #capitalism #PopeTrump #exploitation
I will be in #exodus, #resistance and #emancipation mode again, I promise. These days, when I have a week of rest from the job, I'm in a #notjustsad mode.
[Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited)](https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=vWZ6hmHj2MA )
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@BenjaminBuse that all sounds really difficult. Another real #ClimateInjustice, that the personal costs of activism are so high. Wishing you all the best
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@SheDrivesMobility Schaust bei Interesse vielleicht mal, was ich hierzu zu sagen habe: https://digitalcourage.social/@mupan/111568344140767607
Alles nach Plan.
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#ClimateDiary Had this message today from my friend Hermann Malletek from Haydom in #Tanzania: heavy rains, floods and landslides on nearby Mount #Hanang, 63 dead. Hermann is an excellent #ethnobotanist. It pains me beyond words that people with profound environmental knowledge and miniscule carbon footprints suffer the most #ClimateJustice #ClimateINjustice
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#ClimateDiary Had this message today from my friend Hermann Malletek from Haydom in #Tanzania: heavy rains, floods and landslides on nearby Mount #Hanang, 63 dead. Hermann is an excellent #ethnobotanist. It pains me beyond words that people with profound environmental knowledge and miniscule carbon footprints suffer the most #ClimateJustice #ClimateINjustice
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#ClimateDiary Had this message today from my friend Hermann Malletek from Haydom in #Tanzania: heavy rains, floods and landslides on nearby Mount #Hanang, 63 dead. Hermann is an excellent #ethnobotanist. It pains me beyond words that people with profound environmental knowledge and miniscule carbon footprints suffer the most #ClimateJustice #ClimateINjustice
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#ClimateDiary Had this message today from my friend Hermann Malletek from Haydom in #Tanzania: heavy rains, floods and landslides on nearby Mount #Hanang, 63 dead. Hermann is an excellent #ethnobotanist. It pains me beyond words that people with profound environmental knowledge and miniscule carbon footprints suffer the most #ClimateJustice #ClimateINjustice
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#ClimateDiary Had this message today from my friend Hermann Malletek from Haydom in #Tanzania: heavy rains, floods and landslides on nearby Mount #Hanang, 63 dead. Hermann is an excellent #ethnobotanist. It pains me beyond words that people with profound environmental knowledge and miniscule carbon footprints suffer the most #ClimateJustice #ClimateINjustice
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"In 2019, the richest 1% were responsible for 16% of global carbon emissions, the same as the emissions of the poorest 66% of humanity (5 billion people)."
New OXFAM report: https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/climate-equality-a-planet-for-the-99-621551/
#TaxTheRich #NotFair #ClimateInjustice #OXFAM #Emissions #Inequality #FuckThat
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/29/weather-tracker-south-africa-floods
#climatejustice begins with challenging #ClimateInjustice:
"11 deaths were caused by electrocution when waters swamped illegal connections to power lines in informal settlements in Cape Town. These connections are made in poor townships in the outskirts of the city where residents will hook their homes to existing power lines. More than 60% of the city’s new settlements are considered to be at high risk…" -
Climate impacts for the average citizen of a low-income country at 1.5°C of global warming will not be felt by ~40% of people living in high-income nations until >3°C of global warming. 😩 #ClimateInjustice
h/t @ER
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#ClimateDiary This is a video of #Ayetoro Town iin #Ondo State, #Nigeria from 3 days ago. The town is on the verge of disappearing due to sea incursion. My heart goes out to the people of Ayetoro - who already have so little and who have not contributed to this in any way. More people knowing might help Ayetoro so please watch and share widely. #ClimateCrisis #RisingSeaLevels #ClimateJustice #ClimateInjustice #TooMuchSuffering
https://twitter.com/duchess_elina/status/1648227590656647168?s=46&t=tkZV3Jg_fqVoKoi1udUxQQ
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Following my last post calling (again) for action on the #ClimateCrisis, it's also critical to highlight the global #ClimateInjustice and #inequality which by and large will see those from the developing world and from Indigenous populations face many of the greatest threats of rising sea levels, #floods, #droughts and destruction of natural and culturally important environments. Remember too that by and large, they have contributed a tiny fraction of the #carbonemissions in contrast to those produced by us in countries in the developed world.
If you want to know more on how we can move to #ClimateJustice, I would highlight the advocacy of Naomi Klein and for an introduction, this excellent and thought provoking interview with her in the Guardian.
Combatting #ClimateChange is clearly critical but in doing so we must seize the opportunity to deliver #ClimateJustice at the same time.
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Ugh! I left twitter so I wouldn't have to think about it, so why is it all over :mastodon:?
Can we do more for #Turkey and #Syria? Fight #ClimateInjustice or maybe just more #Mosstodon please. :vulkan_salute:
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Happy New Year!
We can think of so many reasons for wealthier folks to focus on the REDUCE action of the #Recycling cycle. Economic projections anticipate that about 20% of gifts received this past holiday season will be returned. Each of those items consumed resources and likely contributed to #ClimateInjustice. Maybe consider donating or joining your local #GiftEconomy instead!
Consumerism, Environmental Degradation, And Their Disproportionate Effects On Women | Feminism in India
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This picture captures so much of #climatejustice (or #climateinjustice, really). I find it really powerful.
An indigenous man raises his hands in prayer asking for rain in the Lloko Lloko community, in Tihuanacu, Bolivia, November 2022. Photograph: Claudia Morales/Reuters
It's from this piece by Gordon Brown
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/26/rich-nations-climate-crisis-cop28-gordon-brown
