Climate change is unjust!

Single parents, people on low incomes, those at risk of poverty or exclusion, older people, children (from socially disadvantaged backgrounds), the chronically ill, people with a migration background and people with disabilities have a hard enough time. However, the effects of climate change will not make this any easier.

At first glance, the connection between social justice and climate change may not be visible - but even at 1.5, it is completely clear.

Climate change makes the poor poorer

Those with sufficient capital will find it easier to take measures to make the changes in our lives more bearable.

If, for example, residential areas are upgraded through measures such as green facades, living there naturally becomes more expensive.

This is not only due to the high construction costs, but also to maintenance.

This means that these - absolutely sensible - measures will only be effective up to the middle class. Those below this level will be displaced into (structurally) inferior residential areas where heat islands will be unavoidable.

This is just ONE example of the scenarios that will occur if the social issue is not intensively incorporated into political decision-making processes. The challenges facing society can simply no longer be seen as one-dimensional and separate from one another. Their complexity cannot be surpassed - chains of causality that we may not yet be able to foresee will constantly create new challenges.

Let's take up the challenge, do everything we can to read the context correctly and take measures to balance things out as far as we can. When making political decisions, let's bear in mind that we need to see the big picture and look for responsible hands that recognize this. 💚