Civil society seeks a safer, fairer world, and to achieve social justice, we must urgently centre climate justice in our work. We have a responsibility to future generations: our present work as a sector should not be carried out in ways that threaten our planet’s future. Without significant action, that world will not be safe or accessible in future years.
We have highlighted five resources from our climate hub to help you get your organisation started.
Creative Climate Justice Guide
This guide is an excellent introduction to climate justice. It explains why digging deeper and understanding social justice, the harms of colonisation and economic policies that never have respected biodiversity are necessary. It contains a glossary of key terms and the problem with transforming land into property, among other significant issues of our time, such as health and well-being.
If you are confused about what climate justice means, read the Creative Climate Justice Guide by Julie’s Bicycle.
Going Green Together resources
Going Green Together is a major initiative hosted by VONNE to support the North East’s charity sector towards Net Zero. The website hosts a resources hub, which includes a sustainability policy audit, a sustainability policy template, and a simple tool to help you decide if a meeting should be in person or online. Take some time to explore the whole website, as there’s something for every organisation that is keen on addressing climate and biodiversity issues.
Common ground on climate change
One of the segments of Climate Outreach’s Britain Talks Climate project focused on finding common ground among people with very different ideological views, from progressive activists to backbone conservatives. The research found that a majority in all categorised segments agree that climate change is caused by human activity. Using this data, the report goes on to find more common ground, including the potential benefits of tackling the crisis. It’s an extremely insightful read for those willing to start a conversation but don’t know how best to do it.
Sector briefings
The UK Government is required, under the 2008 Climate Change Act, to publish a climate change risk assessment (CCRA) every five years. A team led by Sustainability West Midlands prepared a series of themed and sector briefings from these assessments. The briefings summarise how each sector has been assessed in the latest technical report and what types of action to adapt to climate change risks and opportunities would be beneficial in the next five years.
How to save water
By 2040, we expect more than half of our summers to exceed 2003 temperatures. That will mean more water shortages: by 2050, the amount of water available could be reduced by 10-15%, with some rivers seeing 50%-80% less water during the summer months. It’s important to act now, and Waterwise has a practical guide with simple steps everyone can take – at home and at the office – to save water.
