Term linking the climate crisis with environmental and social justice
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Fridays for Future demonstration in Berlin in September 2021 with the slogan "fight for climate justice".
Climate justice is an approach to climate action that focuses on the unequal impacts of climate change on marginalized or otherwise vulnerable populations.[1] Climate justice wants to achieve an equitable distribution of both the burdens of climate change and the efforts to mitigate climate change.[2] Climate justice is a type of environmental justice.[3]
Climate justice examines concepts such as equality, human rights, collective rights, and the historical responsibilities for climate change. This is done by relating the causes and effects of climate change to concepts of justice, particularly environmental justice and social justice. Historically marginalized communities often face the worst consequences of climate change. Depending on the country and context, this may include people with low-incomes, indigenous communities or communities of color. Generally speaking, those who are the least responsible for climate change often suffer the greatest consequences.[4][5][6] They might also be further disadvantaged by responses to climate change which might exacerbate existing inequalities. This situation is known as the 'triple injustices' of climate change.[7][8][9]
Conceptions of climate justice can be grouped along the lines of procedural justice and distributive justice. The former stresses fair, transparent and inclusive decision making. The latter stresses a fair distribution of the costs and outcomes of climate change (substantive rights).[7] Other approaches focus on addressing social implications of climate change mitigation. If these are not addressed properly, this could result in profound economic and social tensions. It could even lead to delays in necessary changes.[10]
Climate justice actions can include the growing global body of climate litigation.[11] In 2017, a report of the United Nations Environment Programme identified 894 ongoing legal actions worldwide.[12]
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^"Climate Equality: A Planet For the 99%" (PDF). Oxfam. November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^Schlosberg, David; Collins, Lisette B. (May 2014). "From environmental to climate justice: climate change and the discourse of environmental justice". WIREs Climate Change. 5 (3): 359–374. Bibcode:2014WIRCC...5..359S. doi:10.1002/wcc.275. ISSN 1757-7780. S2CID 145546565.
^"Kofi Annan launches climate justice campaign track". Global Humanitarian Forum. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^Koch, Wendy (7 March 2011). "Study: Climate change affects those least responsible". USA Today. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015.
^"Africa Speaks up on Climate Change". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. In wealthy countries, the looming climate crisis is a matter of concern, as it will affect the wellbeing of the economy. But in Africa, which is hardly contributing to climate change in the first place, it will be a matter of life and death.
^ abNewell, Peter; Srivastava, Shilpi; Naess, Lars Otto; Torres Contreras, Gerardo A.; Price, Roz (July 2020). "Towards Transformative Climate Justice: Key Challenges and Future Directions for Research" (PDF). Working Paper Volume 2020 (540). Sussex, UK: Institute for Development Studies. hdl:20.500.12413/15497. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^Policy Innovations for Transformative Change: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (PDF) (Report). Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). 2016. ISBN 9789290850984. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^Powers, Melissa (4 December 2019). "Energy transition: reforming social metabolism". Research Handbook on Global Climate Constitutionalism. doi:10.4337/9781788115810.00020. ISBN 9781788115810. S2CID 213458540.
^"Climate Law Database". Climate Justice Programme. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011.
^Jolly, Patricia (9 October 2018). "Les Pays-Bas sommés par la justice d'intensifier leur lutte contre le changement climatique" [The Netherlands ordered by the courts to step up its fight against climate change]. Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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