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Climate justice links human rights and development to achieve a human-centered approach, safeguarding the rights of the most vulnerable and sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change and its resolution equitably and fairly. Climate justice is informed by science, responds to science, and acknowledges the need for equitable stewardship of the world’s resources.
There needs to be more than technical and scientific solutions to tackle the impacts of the climate crisis. To be most effective, we, the higher education sector, must adopt a more holistic approach to climate action that addresses the social and political considerations at the root of the crisis. Now more than ever, higher education institutions are presented with an immense opportunity to assist in this shift and can do so by advancing climate justice.
Higher Education’s Role in Advancing Climate Justice is designed to support colleges and universities in incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice (DEIAJ) into their climate action plans.
Best practices for integrating DEIAJ principles into climate action planning, while ensuring inextricably linked campus-community and cross-sector activity is an essential part of these plans
Background and purpose of the Climate Justice Working Group, as well as how to join
Foundational examples of how climate justice is currently conceived and being integrated into strategic plans and on-the-ground activities
Multimedia resources about climate justice and DEIAJ topics
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