People of colour have been shut out of the climate debate. Social justice is the key to the green agenda | Julian Agyeman
Environmental issues in low-income areas have long been ignored by activists who fail to grasp the importance of equity
Equity is not an issue for us. We're here to save the world."
From 1986 to 1990, I worked in an inner London borough as an environmental policy adviser. I worked on raising awareness of local environmental issues, paying special attention to those affecting the borough's lower-income residents. There were very few jobs such as this in local government, and I was the only Black person employed in one.
Julian Agyeman is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University, and editor-in-chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability
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