1/5 It can be difficult to keep up with the ever-changing world of #ClimateSolutions, and not all “solutions” are inherently equitable or just. Fortunately, we’ve identified four straight-forward questions that can help you separate false solutions from the real deal: 
2/5 Who makes the decisions?
Those closest to the problems know the most about what the solutions need to look like. For any climate solution to work for Indigenous peoples, communities of color, and working class communities, it must embody the practice of self-determination.
Those closest to the problems know the most about what the solutions need to look like. For any climate solution to work for Indigenous peoples, communities of color, and working class communities, it must embody the practice of self-determination.
3/5 Who benefits?
The climate crisis is ecological, but it has its roots in systemic inequity that is both racial and economic. To address these root causes, authentic solutions must flip the existing dynamics around racial injustice, wealth extraction, and labor exploitation.
The climate crisis is ecological, but it has its roots in systemic inequity that is both racial and economic. To address these root causes, authentic solutions must flip the existing dynamics around racial injustice, wealth extraction, and labor exploitation.
4/5 What else will this impact?
Sometimes environmental “solutions” can create new problems for other issues that we care about – e.g. housing, economic development, immigration, policing, mass incarceration, etc. Real solutions must work for ALL of our issues.
Sometimes environmental “solutions” can create new problems for other issues that we care about – e.g. housing, economic development, immigration, policing, mass incarceration, etc. Real solutions must work for ALL of our issues.
5/5 How will this build or shift power?
To address the #ClimateCrisis at scale, each individual solution must put us in a better position to pursue subsequent solutions. Transformative climate solutions, must do more than accomplish an immediate goal;
they must shift power.
To address the #ClimateCrisis at scale, each individual solution must put us in a better position to pursue subsequent solutions. Transformative climate solutions, must do more than accomplish an immediate goal;
they must shift power.
