What Is Climate Justice?
CLIMATE PROJECT/ LESSON 2.3ACTIVITY WHAT IS CLIMATE JUSTICE?1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “What Is Climate Justice?”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeExplore the ideas of environmental and climate justice and think about the role of each in addressing the climate crisis.Process1.When you hear the termsenvironmental justiceand climate justice, what comes to mind? In the space below, jot down some ideas about what the terms means to you. Don’t worry about writing in complete sentences—you can write bullet points, words, draw images—whatever you find most helpful to express your ideas.2.Do you think the concepts of environmental justice and climate justice are useful for building awareness and driving action around climate change? Why or why not?
CLIMATE PROJECT / LESSON 2.3ACTIVITY WHAT IS CLIMATE JUSTICE?23.Now, consider these definitions:Environmental justicecovers a wide range of environmental issues and is the belief that people’s environments should be clean, healthy, and sustainable regardless of wealth, race, nationality, or societal status.Climatejusticeis the belief that the challenges we are facing as our climate changes shouldn’t affect any one community more than another.Review the ideas you jotted down in step 1. Is there anything you feel is missing from the definitions above?