Climate Justice

Mini-seminar number twenty-one was Climate Justice.

Transition Buxton is part of the Transition Towns movement and one of our principles is to promote inclusivity and social justice. In any crisis existing inequalities and vulnerabilities become exacerbated and we see this in current and forecast climate change scenarios. For some communities the impact of climate change reveals injustices that are disproportionate to their own carbon footprint. Others are better placed to manage climate events whilst increasing their consumption based emissions. Climate justice acknowledges climate change as an ethical and political issue so we do not just focus on the environmental and physical nature of it.

Frances Sussex’s talk explored this concept through different lenses including geography, gender, race, poverty and age, with discussion on how equipped we are to embed climate justice into our policies and activities. Our own transition to net zero will not be sustainable unless we prioritise all-embracing global solutions.  Unfortunately, due to a technical error the start of this talk was lost and the sound quality is not up to our normal standard.