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STARTING NOW at #COP27 an essential event connecting the dots between patterns of racial injustice, inequality, and colonialism & #ClimateAction.
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No #ClimateJustice without #RacialJustice.

Racially, ethnically & nationally marginalized communities are more likely than other populations to be adversely affected by the primary drivers of the #ClimateCrisis (aka #FossilFuels & #Deforestation) & the measures to address climate breakdowns.

In particular, #FossilFuels not only drive the #ClimateCrisis; they also erode the resilience of fenceline & frontline communities to the ravages of climate change, through their impacts on the environment and public health, compounding climate vulnerabilities.

Communities of color & marginalized communities are more likely to live in proximity to polluting industrial facilities.
Just one example? Formosa Group targeted a Black community in Louisiana, already burdened by toxic pollution, for the buildout of a new petrochemical facility.

Read more about this in our report "Formosa Plastics Group: A Serial Offender of Environmental and Human Rights" 👇👇
ciel.org/reports/formos…

But marginalized communities are not only most directly impacted by the fossil economy 😱 & by the effects of #ClimateChange 😱. They are also at heightened risk of harm from certain responses to the #ClimateCrisis 😱 .

Experimental or speculative technologies proposed in response to climate change, such as #CCS, #CCUS & solar geoengineering not only distract from proven solutions but also introduce significant new risks to frontline communities already overburdened by envt’l harms & injustice.

Moreover, the existing international #ClimateChange framework lacks effective #Remedies while developed countries keep blocking demands of the most vulnerable countries & communities for anything resembling compensation & reparation for climate harm.

‼️ Environmental & climate justice is not possible without the collective defense of the inherent value and dignity of all people, and an end to white supremacy, racism, and colonialism around the world. ‼️

Read more: ohchr.org/sites/default/…

Former UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, Tendayi Achiume, said just that: there can not be #ClimateJustice without #RacialJustice.

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"It's essential that racially, ethnically & nationally marginalized communities can meaningfully participate in climate spaces, reclaiming their right to development at their own pace", @MSalimu from @wedo.

.@IENearth's Panganga Pungowiyi reminded the audience & policymakers at #COP27 that #NetZero & geoengineering are false climate solutions that come at the expense of #IndigenousPeople & their lands.
No real climate solution can be found in experimental & speculative technologies.

"A better world is possible, but it'll only be possible if we address the climate & the environmental crisis while ending white supremacy, racism & colonialism," John Beard from the Port Arthur Community Action Network, which is fighting petrochemicals facilities in the Gulf 🇺🇸.