Climate Conversation: Environmental Justice
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosts a monthly webinar series to convene high-level, cross-cutting, nonpartisan conversations about issues relevant to policy action on climate change.
The focus of the April webinar was environmental justice and the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ was a cohost. The event featured the work of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾'s Commission on Accelerating Climate Action with Commission member Hilary C. Tompkins.
Participants discussed how to reconcile different understandings of environmental justice, the importance of community engagement in a just transition, and how centering environmental justice can accelerate implementation of climate-friendly policies.
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