Center for Global Justice

Race and justice intersect in the environment. Whether it be pollution of water or the air, disasters due to climate change, or depletion of natural resources, there is a disproportionate impact on black, brown and indigenous people. And due to economic inequalities they are less likely to have the means to recover. The indigenous question, both domestic and international, highlights processes of imperialism as understood through the environmental harms and threats facing these communities. And the disparate costs of climate change inflicted on the Global South as compared with the Global North which has contributed most to warming of the planet raises questions of climate justice.