Climate Apartheid. This phrase, coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, describes the ways in which the wealthy and well-connected insulate themselves from the impacts of climate change, while the rest of are left to suffer from them. This two-tiered way of dealing with climate change leaves the vulnerable behind and creates a world where there are two different climate realities. We have to work to identify and dismantle climate apartheid wherever we see it. So let’s get into it on this episode of the Environmental Justice Lab.

Resources:
'I dare not be quiet': What climate activist Ndelika Mandela learned from her granddad - National Public Radio

UN expert condemns failure to address impact of climate change on poverty – United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Climate Apartheid: The Forgetting of Race in the Antropocene
 
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