Demographics
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Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Racial Inequities Must Be Solved in Tandem with Climate, U.S. Campaigner Stresses
While she credits Joe Biden’s effort to address racial inequities in tandem with the climate crisis, climate policy analyst Rhiana Gunn-Wright is urging the ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsDrive to 1.5Energy Access & EquityFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureJurisdictionsUnited States
Overheated U.S. Cities Face Misery as Pandemic Closes Summer Cooling Centres
Pandemic closures and fears are causing acute suffering for the millions of impoverished American households who, lacking air conditioning, typically escape summer heat in ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryTransitUnited States
Transit in a Pandemic: Now Is the Time to Undo Neglect, Systemic Racism
As pandemic-weary Americans flee mass transit in droves and commuter-driven emissions begin to spike back up, a Black transit policy expert is urging city ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesDemographicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryWalking & Biking
Downtown St. John’s, Newfoundland Goes Car-Free for COVID-19
Pandemic-weary residents and business owners in St. John’s, Newfoundland are getting used to a newly-refashioned pedestrian-only downtown, and many of them hoping the changes ... -
Study Shows Energy Costing More for Black American Households
Black American households continue to pay substantially more for energy than whites, pointing to yet another injustice radiating outwards from generations of racial segregation ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyDemographicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
U.S. Dominican Nuns Raise $130 Million for ‘Holistic’ Climate Solutions Fund
Five years after Pope Francis delivered his acclaimed encyclical calling for environmental and climate justice, 16 congregations of Dominican nuns in the United States ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Heglar: Climate Crisis ‘Hurts Black People First and Worst’
Calls to “press pause” on climate action in order to fight racism more effectively simply further the whitewashing of a crisis that is systemically ... -
Heat, Pollution Put Black Mothers at Greater Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes
A sweeping review of birth outcomes in the U.S. since the early 2000s has found that exposure to extreme heat and air pollution during ... -
Chevron Anti-Racism Tweet Sparks Accusations of Hypocrisy
Colossal fossil Chevron’s recent “Black Lives Matter” tweet has sparked a fierce debate among Black Americans about what it means to have Big Oil ... -
U.S. Academics #ShutDownSTEM to Fight Ivory Tower Racism
It took George Floyd eight minutes and 46 seconds to asphyxiate at the hands of a violent police officer. Now Black environmental justice groups, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingSolar
Racial Injustice Casts Shadow Over Clean Energy Boom
America’s clean energy sector could have a bright future, pushing down electricity costs, cleaning up emissions, and potentially supporting hundreds of thousands of new ... -
CitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemographicsEuropeHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingSupply Chains & ConsumptionTravel, Leisure & RecreationWater
Venice Glimpses a Different Life as Port Cities Mark World Oceans Day [Global Virtual Rally Today]
As Venice slowly emerges from lockdown—and braces for the return of millions of tourists—locals are daring to imagine another future for their beloved City ... -
DemographicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater
Major U.S. Television Media Silent on Race-Based Risks of Extreme Weather
Major broadcast news outlets in the United States are consistently failing to tell a crucially important story about a wide range of epic disasters, ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemographicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingSupply Chains & Consumption
Pandemic Will Drive Global Famine Without Urgent Food System Reform
The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the risk of famine in the world’s poorest countries as it bankrupts small-hold farmers, breaks supply chains, and stymies ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Climate Justice Requires Racial Justice, Expert Panel Says
The roiling traumas of racial injustice, coronavirus, and climate change are a “veritable witch’s brew of community risk,” according to a panel of five ...
