We, as white and non-Black people of colour across the world, pledge to take action for Black Lives as climate activists. We recognise that the climate crisis is a racist crisis that systematically harms and oppresses Black communities and communities of colour – and we are committed to stopping this injustice.
We stand in global solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives in the United States, and we understand that anti-Black racism impacts all of us around the world. We all have varying degrees of privilege that can be used to fight for the end of systems of exploitation, oppression and extraction that dehumanise Black and Indigenous people and communities of colour everywhere. Our commitment to showing up for racial justice is both immediate and for the long haul.
Right now, as we are able, we commit to:
As we continue to fight for climate justice, we commit to ensuring our work addresses the racial injustice that is at the core of the climate crisis. We will:
With Black lives on the line, whether from police violence or climate catastrophe, there is no time for neutrality. We commit to take action, and to invite our white and non-Black people of colour family, friends, co-workers and neighbours to join us.
Written with gratitude for the leaders in the United States of the Movement for Black Lives, Reclaim the Block, Black Visions Collective, and everyone taking the streets for a more just world for all of us.
Sign the global pledge
Right now, as we are able, we commit to:
As we continue to fight for climate justice, we commit to ensuring our work addresses the racial injustice that is at the core of the climate crisis. We will:
As we continue to fight for climate justice, we commit to ensuring our work addresses the racial injustice that is at the core of the climate crisis. We will:
With Black lives on the line, whether from police violence or climate catastrophe, there is no time for neutrality. We commit to take action, and to invite our white and non-Black people of colour family, friends, co-workers and neighbours to join us.
Written with gratitude for the leaders of the Movement for Black Lives, Reclaim the Block, Black Visions Collective, and everyone taking the streets for a more just world for all of us.