Climate change is racist : race, privilege and the struggle for climate justice / Jeremy Williams ; [foreword by Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Jeremy, author.

Mos-Shogbamimu, Shola, author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice.

Race relations.

Racism.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climate change mitigation.

Physical Description:

xx, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Distribution:

Berkeley, CA : Publishers Group West.

Place of Publication:

London : Icon Books Ltd, [2021]

Summary:

"When we talk about racism, we often mean personal prejudice or institutional bias. Climate change isn't racist in that way. It is structurally racist, disproportionately caused by majority White people in majority White counties, with the damage unleashed overwhelmingly on people of colour. In this eye-opening book, writer and environmental activist Jeremy Williams takes us on a short, urgent journey across the globe--from Kenya to India, the USA to Australia--to understand how White privilege and climate change overlap. We'll look at the environmental facts, hear the experiences of the people most affected on our planet and learn from the activists leading the charge."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Who Causes Climate Change?

2. Who Suffers Climate Change?

3. Environmental Justice

4. Climate Change At The Intersection

5. The Deep Roots Of Climate Injustice

6. Climate Violence

7. Climate Privilege

8. The Empathy Gap

9. Representation

10. Doing Justice

11. Common Cause

12. Living With The Questions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Williams, Jeremy. Climate change is racist.

ISBN:

9781785787751

1785787756

OCLC:

1262749425

Publisher Number:

99988331916