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Welcome
to
Climate Justice Chicago!
Climate
Justice Chicago (CJC) is a grass-roots
coalition. CJC recognizes global
warming and associated impacts affects
human lives - most particularly people
of color, low-income, and indigenous
communities who are least responsible
for the generating greenhouse gas
emissions. Therefore, we are
dedicated to reversing global warming
through a radical change in both the
perception and definition of the
problem, and prescriptions for action.
Increased
temperatures compromise health, create
financial burdens, and result in social
and cultural disruptions. We
believe that all solutions to reverse
global warming need to be led by those
most affected. This will ensure
that the right of all people to live,
work, play, and pray in safe, healthy,
and clean environments is not
compromised.
We
recognize that the 10-year window for
action recommended in the February 2,
2007
IPCC
report
demonstrates the immediate need for a
radically new paradigm for cutting edge
action. This coalition is
dedicated to inventing and implementing
that new paradigm, one based on
sustainability and just relationships,
creating sustainable prosperity for all
and a world that works for everyone.
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What's New . . .
California Declaration
Against Carbon Trading
The February 2008
Declaration details the environmental justice community’s opposition
to the use of carbon trading and offsets. Climate Justice Chicago
both supports and endorses this Declaration. Click
here to read more.
 Larry Lohmann and Carbon Trading
Why is
carbon trading
ineffective at reversing global climate change and how is it unjust?
Click here or on the icon
below and watch Larry Lohmann's recent presentation to environmental
organizations and local officials at DePaul University's Loop campus
on March 8, courtesy of CAN TV.
Or - Click on the icon below to
listen
to Larry Lohmann's interview with Jerome
McDonnell on Chicago Public Radio's
Worldview.
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