Environmental Justice

Editorial: The Road to Copenhagen and Environmental Justice

By Gerry Barr

The United Nations climate summit, taking place this December in Copenhagen, Denmark, will be one of the great tests of our generation. All eyes are turned towards reaching an ambitious, just and equitable post-2012 agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). What must beachieved in Copenhagen?

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Global Justice and Canada’s Climate Crossroad

By Graham Saul
Canada is at a crossroads when it comes to climate change. The United States Congress is poised to pass climate legislation and the most important United Nations climate summit in history will begin in Copenhagen in just a few weeks. Our country will also play host to world leaders from G8 and G20 countries in 2010, and climate change is going to be on the agenda.

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Resilience in Farming

By Paul Hagerman and Carol Thiessen
Each year Essie Khumalo tends the sandy soils of her small farming plot in the Nkayi district of northwestern Zimbabwe, toiling to grow enough food for her five young children. Her rows of maize are vulnerable to the vagaries of weather, to the difficulty of securing inputs (feed, equipment, seeds, energy,etc.) and other disruptions.

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The Quest for Environmental Justice

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Adaptation Financing for Climate Change: Lessons from Aid Reform

By Brian Tomlinson
It is undeniable that the impacts of climate change will be predominantly and most directly experienced in the poorest countries, where billions of vulnerable people already live in poverty. It is equally undeniable that the richest industrial countries, as the source for 90 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, bear an overwhelming responsibility to tackle this global crisis.

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Fragile Environment, Fragile State: Conflict, Crisis and Climate Change

By Surendrini Wijeyaratne
Climate change, by accelerating adverse impacts of environmental degradation, contributes to poverty, marginalization and violent conflict. The intensity and frequency of climate-related natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, and cyclones, is leading to an increase in humanitarian disasters. Fragile states, with an already limited capacity to respond to crisis, will be further tested by the simultaneous challenges of poverty, conflict, crisis, and climate change. 

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