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Global warming, or climate change, is fundamentally an issue of human rights and environmental justice that connects the local to the global. With rising temperatures, human lives—particularly in people of color, low-income, and Indigenous communities—are affected by compromised health, financial burdens, and social and cultural disruptions. Moreover, those who are most affected are least responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that cause the problem—both globally and within the United States.
Climate justice is a movement from the grassroots to realize solutions to our climate and energy problems that ensure the right of all people to live, work, play, and pray in safe, healthy, and clean environments. We envision a just transition to a future free from fossils fuels that protects the most vulnerable from the impacts of climate change.
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No hoax, youth of color demand Climate Justice from U.S. by going to the U.N.
EJCC has deployed a small but dedicated delegation to the Bali to represent U.S. communities of color, Indigenous peoples, and low-income people with a demand for climate justice. The four-member delegation will be blogging daily from Bali.
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