an Overview
The movement for climate justice frames the climate crisis as an ethical, social, environmental and political issue, rather than one that is purely scientific or physical. An important principle of climate justice is that those who are least responsible for climate change are the first and worst affected by its impacts.
Climate justice is not a singular issue. It is deeply tied to land justice, water justice, environmental justice, disability and racial justice. In addition to measuring carbon emissions and temperature data, we must relate the effects of climate change to systemic inequality, the legacy and continuation of Colonialism, human rights and the rights of nature, Capitalism and the historical responsibilities for emissions.
In this toolkit section, we share resources and educational tools to help you understand how these deeply complex and nuanced issues intersect.
Creative case studies
The Great Derangement
The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh examines our society’s collective inability to grasp the scale and violence of climate change.
View more (opens in a new tab)Rise: From One Island to Another
Poets Kathy Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner and Aka Niviâna collaborated on poem Rise: From One Island to Another, highlighting the disastrous effects of climate change on their homes in Greenland and the Marshall Islands.
View more (opens in a new tab)Hot Take
Hot Take is a podcast taking an intersectional, critical, but constructive look at climate coverage. Hosted by climate writer Mary Heglar and climate journalist Amy Westervelt.
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Tackling Climate change and building an inclusive movement
Revisit Zena Edwards’ keynote talk for Season for Ex-Change, ‘Tackling climate change and building an inclusive movement’
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Arts Practice as Climate Justice
Watch a recording of JB’s Farah Ahmed on ‘Arts practice as climate justice’, part of Season for Ex-Change
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Season for Ex-Change: Justice
Thimali Kodikara hosts a panel discussion for Season for Ex-Change on what justice means within, and beyond, and a climate context.
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on loss and damage
Watch the Julie’s Bicycle webinar exploring the concepts of Loss and Damage
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Creative Climate Justice Guide
JB’s introductory guide exploring key climate justice ideas, concepts and issues.
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No Environmentalism in a Silo: What it Means to Talk About Race in our Climate Crisis
Yingbi Lee, one of the producers of The Colour Green podcast shares her reflections on why talking about race is crucial when considering social and climate justice.
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The colour green podcast
A six-part series hosted by Baroness Lola Young, in conversation with artists and activists of colour, exploring the connections between nature, racial justice and climate change.
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Climate Justice in Creative Practice
Rewatch our introductory webinar exploring issues of climate justice
additional resources
Intersectional Environmentalist
A platform for resources and information to support an intersectional approach to environmentalism.
View more (opens in a new tab)The Principles of Environmental Justice
The Principles of Environmental Justice were developed by delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held in Washington DC, in 1991. They are a defining set of guidelines for the environmental justice movement.
Global Witness
An organisation campaigning to end environmental and human rights abuses driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global political and economic system.
Stop Ecocide
This campaign aims to make Ecocide – the mass damage or destruction of ecosystems – a crime under international law.
View more (opens in a new tab)Gender CC
Gender CC is a directory of resources exploring the ties between gender inequality and climate injustice
View more (opens in a new tab)Climate in Colour
Resources, articles and videos exploring the connection between climate science and social justice.
View more (opens in a new tab)Dr Vandana Shiva
Dr Vandana Shiva has written more than 20 books covering topics including agro-ecology, ecofeminism, biodiversity, biopiracy and food sovereignty.
View more (opens in a new tab)Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and Teachings of Plants
View more (opens in a new tab)Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology
T J Demos explores how artists and activists have utilised culture for climate justice.
View more (opens in a new tab)Drilled
Drilled is a “true-crime” podcast about climate change.
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