When we discuss racism, we often mean personal prejudice or institutional biases. Climate change doesn’t work that way. It is structurally racist, disproportionately caused by majority White people in majority White countries, with the damage unleashed primarily on people of colour.
Writer and environmental activist Jeremy Williams uncovers the intricacies of how White privilege and climate change overlap.
Jeremy Williams is a writer and campaigner for environmental and social justice. He writes at The Earthbound Report (twice recognised as Britain’s leading green blog) and is editor of the Extinction Rebellion book Time to Act. Jeremy has worked with Oxfam, WWF and RSPB and is a co-founder of the Post-Growth Institute, Sustainable St Albans, and Edible Luton. He grew up in Madagascar and Kenya and now lives in Luton.
Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu is a political & women’s rights activist. She has taught intersectional feminism to female refugees and asylum seekers, and scrutinizes government policies from a gender and diversity inclusion perspective. She is also a New York Attorney and Solicitor of England & Wales. As a public speaker and political commentator, she has been featured in mainstream and online media. She founded the Women in Leadership publication and established She@LawTalks to promote women & BAME leadership in the legal profession. Her first book This Is Why I Resist (Headline) was published in 2021.