A PRACTICAL GUIDE ON CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOUR
JETP: Market Capture or Climate Justice? - Report Launch
JETP: Market Capture or Climate Justice?
Boitumelo Molete - Social Development Policy Coordinator, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Mohammed Chahim - Member of European Parliament
Dr Basani Baloyi - Programme Director, Institute for Economic Justice (South Africa)
Azfar Shafi - Senior Researcher, Union of Justice
- Building Your Knowledge Base -
The Climate Crisis is a Racist Crisis!
Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert is an activist, lecturer and a researcher in the politics of race and environmental justice. She is a member of Black Lives Matter UK as well as the Wretched of the Earth, a grassroots collective for Indigenous, black, brown and diaspora groups and individuals demanding climate justice and acting in solidarity with communities both here in the UK and in the Global South.
The Colonial History of Climate
Dr Malcom Ferdinand is an environmental engineer from University College London and doctor in political philosophy from Université Paris Diderot. He explores the relations between current ecological crises and the colonial history of modernity. He recently published a book based on his PhD dissertation entitled Une écologie décoloniale: penser l'écologie depuis le monde caribéen
Why Climate Justice is Migrant Justice
Minnie Rahman is the Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager at JCWI (The Joint Council for The Welfare of Immigrants). She is a writer and campaigner specialising in migrant’s rights, climate change and social justice. After working in both the European and UK Parliament for 5 years as an expert in government policy, she moved on to lead JCWIs parliamentary advocacy and public facing campaigns.
Solidarity With The Global South
Nnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 through 2012 and was Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action for two decades. He serves on the Advisory Board and is Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, an environmental think tank and advocacy organization.
What Do We Mean By Just Transition?
Asad Rehman is the executive director of War on Want, where he organizes to put an end to poverty and injustice. Prior, he was the head of international climate at Friends of the Earth. Rehman has over 25 years of experience in the non-government and charity sector. He has served on boards of Amnesty International UK, Friends of the Earth International, Global Justice Now, and Newham Monitoring Project.
- How To Build Practical Skills -
How to Engage With Politicians and Political Institutions
Abdi-Aziz Suleiman is a senior public affairs consultant with experience working in the European Parliament and the UK Parliament.
How to Work and Engage With Media
Mehreen Khan is the EU Correspondent for the Financial Times.
How to Mobilise and Collaborate With Young People
Zamzam Ibrahim is Vice President of European Students Union, a co-founder of Students Organising for Sustainability, and Vice Chair Muslim Leadership foundation and the former National President of the National Union of Students, UK.
How to Use Storytelling to Inspire Action
Megha Agrawal Sood believes in the power of sharing stories and building unexpected collaborations to inspire action. She is the Head of The Climate Story Unit at Doc Society, a new initiative dedicated to supporting transformative storytelling to advance a climate just future.
How to Create a Europe That Centres Racial Justice with Climate Justice
Mohammed Chahim MEP is an elected member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Social Democrats. He is a member of the environment, health and food safety committee as well as the committee on industry research and energy.
Kumi Naidoo is a South African human rights and environmental activist. Kumi was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International and Secretary General of Amnesty International.
Dr Radostina Primova is an environmental policy and green economy specialist with 11 years of experience in policy analysis, research and project management. Radostina is currently the senior energy and climate expert at the Centre for the Study of Democracy.
Tonny Nowshin is a Degrowth and Climate Justice activist. She has worked with well-known NGOs like ActionAid and Urgewald. At the moment, Tonny is working with the international climate movement-building NGO, 350.org.
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Shada Islam is an influential Brussels-based specialist on European Union affairs who works independently as a commentator, advisor, analyst and strategist on Europe, Asia, Africa, Geopolitics, Trade, Migration, Inclusion, Diversity and Women’s Empowerment.