Climate Justice, Community, and Equity

Let’s talk about climate justice.

In this presentation, we reshape climate action from a technical effort to cut emissions into an approach that addresses human rights and social inequality. To quote Katrin Jakobsdottier, the prime minister of Iceland, on the world’s melting glaciers, “In all our actions against climate change, we need to fight for climate justice. Human rights, social justice, and gender equality are intrinsically connected to the fight because climate change affects the poor more than the rich, the underprivileged more than the privileged, and women differently than men.” We examine equity, human rights, collective rights, and the historical responsibilities for climate change and assess impacts in our communities.

Presenter Dr. France Riemer

Frances Julia Riemer, a Professor in Educational Foundations at Northern Arizona University, focuses on climate issues through a social justice lens. She co-founded the Northern Arizona Climate Change Alliance and is involved in developing, writing, and adopting municipal Climate Action Plans. Dr. Riemer speaks on Gender and Climate Change and Grass Roots Action Around Climate. She hosts the podcast Climate Conversations: Stories from our Backyards. Dr. Riemer's current research investigates intersectional understandings of climate action, decolonial feminisms and tourism, and universities as women-serving institutions. She is editor of Front and Back Stage of Tourism Performance: Imaginaries and Bucket List Venues, author of Working at the Margins: Moving off Welfare in America, and co-editor of Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs.