Black Climate News Today

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A bit of good news - What is Black Climate Week? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1YQWBoDN_w Climate. 75 active wildfires rage in Alberta, Canada. Wildfires, heat waves in Canada, Russia, Mongolia Kazakhstan. Nuclear. Hard to know which issue to tackle. There's the frenzied pro nuclear propaganda (type "nuclear" into Google News and see what you get). There's Zaporizhzhia. There's waste. And there's Zelensky and Ukraine -…

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/C1YQWBoDN_w Black communities make the smallest carbon footprint, yet they face the worst of environmental degradation. This proximity to the problems means frontline communities are also at the forefront of climate solutions. Yet, they receive the least amount of support. To create equitable climate solutions, we must honor the leadership, voices, and stories of Black communities.…

Communities of color are the most harshly affected by climate change in the United States. While the importance of environmental justice is becoming more mainstream, too often people in this movement who are Black, Indigenous and people of color are overlooked and left out of conversations about how to solve the crisis.Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, policy expert and writer, wants the broader environmental movement to understand the crucial link between the fight to save the planet...

© iStock Climate change is not an isolated crisis — it is a symptom of our economic system. That system has jeopardized the future of life on this planet.  According to two independent, globally reviewed and scientifically-based reports give us less than a decade before we reach the point of no return with the global climate crisis. The International Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate Crisis (IPCC) 2018 Special Report together with the 2018 US Fourth National Climate Assessment report ...