A Climate of Change

Résumé du livre

"Climate change is not only an issue of the environment; it is also an issue of justice and human rights, one that dangerously intersects race and class. All over the world people of color, Indigenous Peoples and low-income communities bear disproportionate burdens from climate change itself, from ill-designed policies to prevent it, and from side effects of the energy systems that cause it. 'A Climate of Change' explores the impacts of climate change on African Americans, from health to economics to community, and considers what policies would most harm or benefit African Americans--and the nation as a whole"--Executive summary, page 1.