Centring Justice in the Climate Emergency — with Anjali Appadurai

Author: 
Anjali Appadurai
Am Johal
Melissa Roach
Paige Smith
Kathy Feng
Alyha Bardi
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No, item is not peer reviewed.
Scholarly level: 
Faculty/Staff
Date created: 
2021-09-07
Keywords: 
Anjali Appadurai
Am Johal
Below the Radar
Climate
Climate Justice
Inequality
Climate Justice & Inequality
Climate Emergency Unit
Climate Movement
Youth
Climate Justice Activist
Sierra Club BC
Action
Emergency
BC
Environment
Diaspora
SFU Vancity Office
Colonialism
Politics
Global South
Abstract: 

Community leader and climate justice activist Anjali Appadurai joins Am Johal for the second instalment of Below the Radar’s Climate Justice & Inequality series. Anjali is a Climate Justice Lead at Sierra Club BC, the Sectoral Organizer for the Climate Emergency Unit, as well as the founder of Padma Centre for Climate Justice.

 

Anjali and Am talk about the growth of the climate movement, and shifting the focus from being ‘green’ to centering justice for all in the fight against climate change. They speak about lifting up the youth and Indigenous leaders at the forefront of the struggle, as well as how to get involved and make the movement accessible to all.

Description: 

Anjali is a climate justice activist, communicator and organizer. She works to strengthen climate change messaging and discourse in Canada by centring the stories of those on the front lines of the climate crisis. She brings a strong justice lens to climate change messaging and keeps her work connected to social movements that have been demanding climate justice in the Global South for decades. Anjali is Climate Justice Lead at Sierra Club BC and Sectoral Organizer with the newly formed Climate Emergency Unit.


Resources: 

- Sierra Club BC: sierraclub.bc.ca/
- Climate Emergency Unit: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/
- Padma Centre for Climate Justice: medium.com/@padmaclimate
- West Coast Environmental Law: www.wcel.org/

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English
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Audio
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Below the Radar podcast episode 132
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