Courts are the newest battleground in the struggle for climate justice. Oxfam advocated at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for stronger standards for governments to protect the rights of people at risk due to climate change.
My recent time spent with the Black women environmental justice leaders of Lake Charles, LA helped me better appreciate the similar struggles and solidarity between climate defenders in the Global and US South. This Earth Day, more urgently than ever before, Black communities in the US South need our attention and support against the disproportionate burdens of climate change.