Climate Justice

The communities hit the hardest by the climate crisis are also the communities that lack safe housing and healthy living conditions, face racial discrimination, and cannot afford their medical expenses. This convergence of crises disproportionately harms Europe’s most marginalised communities. Yet, climate work in Europe remains largely non-intersectional, dominated by white, middle-class perspectives that shape priorities in policy, activism, and litigation.

Our work responds directly to this gap. In our Europe-wide community consultation in 2022, we centred community activists who are typically excluded from mainstream climate spaces. They identified clear priorities for action: ensuring accountability for climate injustice, advancing redistributive reparations, directing resources to the communities most affected, and documenting disproportionate health and environmental harms. Our 2023–2024 consultations reaffirmed these needs and deepened our understanding of the challenges communities face.