{"id":811,"date":"2010-01-17T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/?p=811"},"modified":"2010-01-17T15:14:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T15:14:34","slug":"climate-change-is-a-class-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/2010\/01\/17\/climate-change-is-a-class-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change is a class issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  \" title=\"Peggy M Shepard, WE ACT\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weact.org\/Portals\/7\/General\/5.%20Peggy%20Concerned%20-%20Just%20Peggy.jpg \" alt=\"CLASS ACT  Vulnerable communities, even in the most prosperous nations, will be the first and worst hit by climate change, says WE ACT\u2019s Peggy M Shepard.\" width=\"202\" height=\"269\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">CLASS ACT Vulnerable communities, even in the most prosperous nations, will be the first and worst hit by climate change, says WE ACT\u2019s Peggy M Shepard.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Global warming, pollution and the environmental impact of energy production impose a greater burden on low-income and disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n<p>The message, spelled out in papers in a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liebertonline.com\/toc\/env\/2\/4?cookieSet=1\">Environmental Justice<\/a><\/em>, includes a call for urgent strategies to prevent inequities.<\/p>\n<p>Papers in the dedicated \u2018climate justice\u2019 issue emerged from a US conference on climate justice held last year in New York City, co-hosted by West Harlem Environmental Action (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weact.org\/\">WE ACT<\/a>) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weact.org\/Coalitions\/EJLeadershipForumonClimateChange\/tabid\/331\/Default.aspx\">Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liebertonline.com\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1089\/env.2009.2402\">editorial<\/a> co-authored by WE ACT\u2019s Peggy M Shepard and Cecil Corbin-Mark notes: \u201cOn the path towards a renewed environment, there have been many winners and losers. Our communities have generally been on the losing side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a nation, we cannot embark on climate action legislation and policies anchored by the notion that there will always be winners and losers.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They add: \u201cClimate researchers report that vulnerable communities, even in the most prosperous nations, will be the first and worst hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The leadership forum is working to \u201ceducate and mobilise\u201d to achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions, protect the most burdened and vulnerable communities, reduce co-pollutants that affect public health, target action in pollution hotspots in \u201cover-burdened communities\u201d and to offset higher energy costs to low-income consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Another objective is support for \u201ctransitions from a fossil fuel economy ensuring just transition for workers and job training for the new economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Justice editorial concludes: \u201cWe have the vision, commitment and opportunity to lift all the boats. As the debate deepens, we must mobilise the will to support, develop and implement effective climate and energy policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s promote opportunities for a more sustainable and healthy social, built, and economic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global warming, pollution and the environmental impact of energy production impose a greater burden on low-income and disadvantaged communities. The message, spelled out in papers in a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Justice, includes a call for urgent strategies to prevent inequities. 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