Summit on Climate Change and Black Communities
The Summit seeks to convene leaders, policymakers, academics, and advocates to construct a new front in the movement to address the climate crisis in the United States. The Summit will address the racialized impacts of climate change and highlight how Black American communities are key agents of change in the fight for a sustainable future.
The objectives of this initiative are to:
- Consolidate and highlight knowledge from the African-American community about climate change, including its disparate and racialized impacts in the U.S.
- Develop a Comprehensive Policy Agenda (CPA) and concrete calls to action related to climate change and African-American communities
- Raise public awareness about the racialized impacts of climate change and center Black voices in the environmental movement
- Facilitate cross-sector collaboration and direct action to address the impact of climate change on Black communities
- Present this policy agenda to an audience of policymakers at the Summit
- Secure commitments from lawmakers, corporate partners and civil sector organizations related to race and climate change, to be announced at the Summit
