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Climate justice can't happen without racial justice

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• October 2020

Why has there been so little mention of saving Black lives from the climate emergency? For too long, racial justice efforts have been distinguished from climate justice work, says David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, England. In a stirring talk about building a new movement to care for the planet, Lammy calls for inclusion and support of Black and minority leadership on climate issues and a global recognition that we can't solve climate change without racial, social and intergenerational justice.

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Why has there been so little mention of saving Black lives from the climate emergency? For too long, racial justice efforts have been distinguished from climate justice work, says David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, England. In a stirring talk about building a new movement to care for the planet, Lammy calls for inclusion and support of Black and minority leadership on climate issues and a global recognition that we can't solve climate change without racial, social and intergenerational justice.

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Member of Parliament, UK

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David Lammy is a leading agenda-setter for racial and social justice in the UK.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

Read our curation guidelines.

Support the campaign to criminalize ecocide.

Learn about the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Center, a beacon of hope for biodiversity in Guyana.

Connect with The Wretched of the Earth, a grassroots collective for Indigenous, Black, brown and diaspora groups, to fight for climate and racial justice.