Everyone's problem: Climate change and the social sector
Climate change is your problem.
Itโs everyoneโs problem.ย
Climate change is not simply an ecological crisis. It has vast implications for human wellbeing, and therefore requires the attention of all social purpose organizations โย including and beyond environmental NGOs.ย
A number of social impact organizations issued a joint statement in July to root out racism, colonization, and exclusion in our sector. What would a joint climate leadership statement look like? The social impact sector has also responded quickly to the pandemic emergency. But how well have we collectively responded to the climate emergency?ย
The inequities social purpose organizations work every day to end have already been exacerbated by a changing climate. Food insecurity has worsened, migrantsโ rights have taken on new importance, homelessness has increased โ
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