In the last blog post, we discussed Open Access (OA) and OA Week. In this and following posts throughout the week, we will dive deeper into this year’s theme, .
What is climate justice?
While the term “climate justice” has been around for more than 30 years, its usage has become more widespread in recent years. In fact, media mentions of climate justice have more than doubled since 2018 (Gabbattiss & Tandon, 2021). What is climate justice though? Climate justice is a complex term with many definitions. Climate justice was developed, especially by activists from the global south, around the concept that while poor and marginalized communities carry very little responsibility for climate change, they are the most impacted by it (Gabbattiss & Tandon, 2021). Instead of seeing climate change as only an environmental issue, climate justice recognizes that climate change is also a human rights and social justice issue. The meaning and scope of climate justice continues to broaden and evolve as the effects of and efforts to combat the climate crisis add new ethical, equity, and rights issues (Newell et al., 2021).
We’ll discuss the connections between OA and Climate Justice in the next post. Remember to check out the many and follow #OAWeek on social media. If you have questions about OA, please feel free to contact the Scholarly Communication & Copyright Librarian, Karen Caputo (karen.caputo@case.edu) or your Research Librarian.
References:
Gabbatiss, J. & Tandon, A. (2021, April 10). In-depth Q&A: What is ‘climate justice’? Carbon Brief.
Newell, P., Srivastava, S., Naess, L.O., Torres Contreras, G.A., Price, R. (2021). Toward transformative climate justice: An emerging research agenda. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12( 6).