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<p>'''<span>Climate </span><span>justice </span>'''<span>is a movement that recognizes that climate change is unequally affecting people in the Global South, Indigenous Peoples and the most marginalized communities in the Global North. These unequal impacts are the result of our governing systems; systems that exploit land and bodies, which are [[capitalism]], [[colonialism]], patriarchy, [[extractivism]], racism etc. These are systems of oppression that interact, feed and build upon each other, and thus perpetuate each other. Climate justice puts forward the need to understand the climate crisis as an intersectional issue where the structures that cause and sustain it must be addressed simultaneously. </span></p>
<p>'''<span>Climate </span><span>justice </span>'''<span>is a movement that recognizes that climate change is unequally affecting people in the Global South, Indigenous Peoples and the most marginalized communities in the Global North. These unequal impacts are the result of our governing systems; systems that exploit land and bodies, which are [[capitalism]], [[colonialism]], patriarchy, [[extractivism]], racism etc. These are systems of oppression that interact, feed and build upon each other, and thus perpetuate each other. Climate justice puts forward the need to understand the climate crisis as an intersectional issue where the structures that cause and sustain it must be addressed simultaneously. </span></p>
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<p><span>Because those who have contributed the least to climate change are the most affected, the climate justice movement calls for centring those who are most marginalized. This means following their leadership, centring their realities, concerns and demands.</span><span>&nbsp;requires the liberation and emancipation of all from systems of [[oppression]]. </span><span>These systems are the source of </span><span>ongoing ecocide. </span><span>They produce and perpetuate structural social inequalities that are amplified in the face of the climate crisis. </span><span>The climate crisis is more than an environmental crisis. </span><span>It amplifies existing crises and creates new ones. - The HUB  <ref>www.lehub.ca</ref>  </span><span></span></p>
<p><span>Because those who have contributed the least to climate change are the most affected, the climate justice movement calls for centring those who are most marginalized. This means following their leadership, centring their realities, concerns and demands. It requires the liberation and emancipation of all from systems of [[oppression]]. </span><span>These systems are the source of </span><span>ongoing ecocide. </span><span>They produce and perpetuate structural social inequalities that are amplified in the face of the climate crisis. </span><span>The climate crisis is more than an environmental crisis. </span><span>It amplifies existing crises and creates new ones. - The HUB  <ref>www.lehub.ca</ref>  </span><span></span></p>
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<span>"''C''</span>''limate change is not just a physical problem that can be addressed with simple technological solutions, like electric cars. <span>It is not enough to stop emitting CO2. </span><span></span>Rather, environmental destruction is a symptom of a system that is based on social injustices."'' - The David Suzuki Foundation  <ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CWonDrIr7k3/</ref> 
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<span>Examples of social justice being intertwined with climate justice are demonstrated below.</span>
== The climate crisis is an intersectional issue ==
== Examples of climate justice ==
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<span>The following pages are meant to encourage climate activists to create intersectional campaigns and coalitions that draw links between, and encourage collaboration beyond, climate change as a siloed issue. '''They''' '''contain content on the intersections of climate and other social issues.&nbsp;'''</span>
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'''Disability justice'''
'''Disability justice and climate justice'''
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*Disability justice''' '''is ''"a framework that moves beyond the legislation-centric approach of the disability rights movement; a social movement guided by ten principles: intersectionality, leadership of those most impacted, anti-capitalist politic, commitment to cross-movement organizing, recognizing wholeness, sustainability, commitment to cross-disability solidarity, interdependence, collective access, and collective liberation''."&nbsp;-Sins Invalid, adapted by Michelle Xie  <ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I</ref>
*See our definitions page for [[disability justice]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why disability justice is climate justice.
*Also see our related pages on [[ableism]], [[accessibility]], [[care web]] and [[invisible disability]].
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: #99e1d9; height: 32px;" | '''Labour, poverty and climate justice'''
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*See our page on [[class issues/labour and the climate movement]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why labour, poverty and economic justice are climate issues.
*Also see our related pages on [[poverty]],&nbsp;[[anti-capitalism]], [[class]], [[classism]] and [[precarious]].
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'''Food justice'''
'''Migrant justice and climate justice'''
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*Food justice''' '''can be describes as ''the right for everyone to grow, sell, and have access to foods that are fresh, culturally appropriate, nutritious, and affordable; movement that aims to transform food systems by prioritizing the wellbeing of workers, animals, and the environment. -''Black Creek Farm, adapted by Michelle Xie  <ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I</ref>  
*See our definitions page for [[migrant justice]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why migrant justice is climate justice.
*See our related page on [[xenophobia]].
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 55px;" | '''The Global South and climate justice'''
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*See our definitions page for [[Global South]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why justice for the Global South is climate justice.
*Also see our related page on [[frontline communities]].
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'''Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice'''
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*See our definitions page on [[Indigenous sovereignty]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why Indigenous sovereignty is climate justice.
*Also see our related pages on [[decolonization]], [[land back]], [[colonialism]], [[settler colonialism]], [[anti-colonialism]] and [[traditional ecological knowledge]].
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 32px;" | '''Anti-racism and climate justice'''
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*See our definitions page on [[anti-racism]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why anti-racism is climate justice.
*Also see our related pages on [[environmental racism]], [[institutional racism]], [[systemic racism]], [[white supremacy]], [[white saviourism]] and [[QTBIPOC]].
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 55px;" | '''Abolition and climate justice'''
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*See our definitions page on [[abolition]]. <span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;">**Examples to help understand why abolition is climate justice to come.**</span>
*Also see our related pages on the [[carceral state]], [[prison industrial complex]], [[state violence]] and [[punitive response]].&nbsp;
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'''Migrant justice'''
'''LGBTQIAS+ justice and climate justice'''
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*Migrant justice''' '''is "''a movement that calls for an end to displacement, detainment, and deportations; the fight for immigration status for all migrants, refugees, students, workers, and undocumented people." -''Radical Action With Migrants in Agriculture & Migrant Rights Network, adapted by Michelle Xie  <ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I</ref>
*See our page on [[LGBTQIA2S+ justice]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why LGBTQIA2S+ justice is climate justice.
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*Also see our related pages on [[gender]] and [[QTBIPOC]].
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'''Indigenous sovereignty&nbsp;'''
| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 32px;" | '''Food justice and climate justice'''
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See our definitions page for more on [[Indigenous sovereignty]].
*See our definitions page on [[food sovereignty]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why food sovereignty is climate justice..
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" | '''Abolition'''
| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 51px;" | '''Feminism and climate justice'''
| style="width: 80.3024%;" | See our definitions page for more on [[Abolition]].
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*See our definitions page on [[feminism]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why feminism is climate justice.
*Also see our related pages on [[ecofeminism]] and [[gender]].
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 51px;" | '''Housing justice and climate justice'''
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*See our definitions page on [[housing justice]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why housing justice is climate justice.
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| style="width: 19.6976%; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217); height: 57px;" | '''Militarism, imperialism and climate justice'''
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*See our page on [[militarism]], which includes examples to help understand/describe why militarism and war are climate issues.
*Also see our related pages on [[Climate Justice and Imperialism: Debunking Global Systems of Oppression]] and [[anti-imperialism]].<br>
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== Working together to address issues of oppression ==
To address intersectional issues of oppression simultaneously, people experiencing and targeting various forms of oppression must work together. This is needed to build the collective power necessary to win transformative change. '''The following pages include content on how we take our knowledge on climate change as an intersectional issue, and apply it in practice.'''
*[[Building coalitions]]<br>
*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">**Page on broad-based organizing to come**</span>
*[[How we Win! Summary of findings on successful climate justice campaigns in North America]]
 
 
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Climate justice is a movement that recognizes that climate change is unequally affecting people in the Global South, Indigenous Peoples and the most marginalized communities in the Global North. These unequal impacts are the result of our governing systems; systems that exploit land and bodies, which are capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, extractivism, racism etc. These are systems of oppression that interact, feed and build upon each other, and thus perpetuate each other. Climate justice puts forward the need to understand the climate crisis as an intersectional issue where the structures that cause and sustain it must be addressed simultaneously.

Because those who have contributed the least to climate change are the most affected, the climate justice movement calls for centring those who are most marginalized. This means following their leadership, centring their realities, concerns and demands. It requires the liberation and emancipation of all from systems of oppression. These systems are the source of ongoing ecocide. They produce and perpetuate structural social inequalities that are amplified in the face of the climate crisis. The climate crisis is more than an environmental crisis. It amplifies existing crises and creates new ones. - The HUB [1]


The climate crisis is an intersectional issue

The following pages are meant to encourage climate activists to create intersectional campaigns and coalitions that draw links between, and encourage collaboration beyond, climate change as a siloed issue. They contain content on the intersections of climate and other social issues. 

Disability justice and climate justice

Labour, poverty and climate justice

Migrant justice and climate justice

  • See our definitions page for migrant justice, which includes examples to help understand/describe why migrant justice is climate justice.
  • See our related page on xenophobia.
The Global South and climate justice
  • See our definitions page for Global South, which includes examples to help understand/describe why justice for the Global South is climate justice.
  • Also see our related page on frontline communities.

Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice

Anti-racism and climate justice
Abolition and climate justice

LGBTQIAS+ justice and climate justice

  • See our page on LGBTQIA2S+ justice, which includes examples to help understand/describe why LGBTQIA2S+ justice is climate justice.
  • Also see our related pages on gender and QTBIPOC.
Food justice and climate justice
  • See our definitions page on food sovereignty, which includes examples to help understand/describe why food sovereignty is climate justice..
Feminism and climate justice
  • See our definitions page on feminism, which includes examples to help understand/describe why feminism is climate justice.
  • Also see our related pages on ecofeminism and gender.
Housing justice and climate justice
  • See our definitions page on housing justice, which includes examples to help understand/describe why housing justice is climate justice.
Militarism, imperialism and climate justice

Working together to address issues of oppression

To address intersectional issues of oppression simultaneously, people experiencing and targeting various forms of oppression must work together. This is needed to build the collective power necessary to win transformative change. The following pages include content on how we take our knowledge on climate change as an intersectional issue, and apply it in practice.


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