looking at three climate justice case studies from around the world. This stories depict just a few

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looking at three climate justice case studies from around the world. This stories depict just a few of the millions if not billions of people who will be impacted by climate change but often are not contributing to greenhouse gas emission. These stories, however, depict people who see the challenge they face, but choose to take the actions that they can.

The first case study is Sahena from Bangladesh. Watch the video and answer the following questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqYgDGy8Z4M

Question 1: What types of weather and climate conditions are having the biggest impact on the person in this story?

Question 2: What are two things that surprised you or that you learned from this story?

Question 3: What are THREE ACTIONS that governments, non-profits, or other groups or individuals could take to help this person and their community PREPARE FOR and ADAPT TO current weather and climate impacts and those that are predicted for the future?

The next case study is Sharon from Biloxi, Mississippi. Watch the video and answer the following questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHLBXeaOJjc

Question 4: What types of weather and climate conditions are having the biggest impact on the person in this story?

Question 5: What are two things that surprised you or that you learned from this story?

Question 6: What are THREE ACTIONS that governments, non-profits, or other groups or individuals could take to help this person and their community PREPARE FOR and ADAPT TO current weather and climate impacts and those that are predicted for the future?

The case study is Martina from Uganda. Watch the video and answer the following questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMB8m4_4BM

Question 7: What types of weather and climate conditions are having the biggest impact on the person in this story?

question 8: What are two things that surprised you or that you learned from this story?

Question 9: What are THREE ACTIONS that governments, non-profits, or other groups or individuals could take to help this person and their community PREPARE FOR and ADAPT TO current weather and climate impacts and those that are predicted for the future?

Climate Justice Activism

Here is one final video that provides several other examples of climate justice impacts to different groups. Watch this video, and then answer the final questions considering what you have learned in this lab, in the HW video from this week, and from the two reading from this week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAeLLTEUEo

Question 10: What do the stories you have watched and read about in this week's module about different communities have in common?

How are they different?

What do the similarities and differences say about how environmental injustice manifests?

Question 11: Robert Bullard, known as the "father"of environmental justice in America, has said that climate change impacts communities of color "first and worst."

What steps can be taken to enact policies to fight climate change impacts and better protectcommunities of color on the front lines of this global issue?

Who should be taking these steps?

Question 12: Personal efforts to mitigate climate change such as electric cars and efficientlightbulbs are predicated on economic resources that are unavailable to many low-wealth communities.

What climate change strategies can be implemented to ensure that people of all income levels can take part in and benefit fromliving sustainably?

Question 13: What are 2-3 ways that you could be an ally to communities in your neighborhood, city, state, region, country, or world who are faced with climate justice issues?