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Discover the latest insights from the AAMC Center for Health Justice's new report, "Rising Tide: Understanding How Perceptions of Healthcare Disparities Shift Over Time." This comprehensive study sheds light on evolving public opinions regarding healthcare disparities and equity. Explore the findings to see how perceptions have changed and what it means for the future of health justice. #HealthEquity #HealthcareDisparities #AAMC #HealthJustice #PublicOpinion #EquityInHealthcare

In his latest report, Manann Donoghoe unveils a new way to gauge racial progress in U.S. climate policy and action — the “climate vulnerability gap.” Donoghoe measures different outcomes among racial groups facing hazardous weather events at the national, regional, state, and city levels. He finds there is an increased likelihood that extreme weather will generate financial distress, loss of assets, or dangerous health impacts in many Black- and/or Latino or Hispanic-majority communities. These gaps are driven primarily by racial differences in underlying social vulnerability, such as health risks and housing insecurity. To address this, Donoghoe argues that policymakers and researchers need to focus on a missing piece of the climate policy puzzle—resilience. Doing so can help them learn from diverse communities that are already successfully responding to climate impacts. Read Donoghoe's full report:

We conducted a poll with a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults that focuses, in part, on gauging their perspectives on climate change, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to address it. Some key findings: • Most U.S. adults believe that climate change is a problem, that it will impact them and their families within their lifetime, and that the federal government is most responsible for reducing its impacts. • Hispanic and Black adults express significantly higher concern about impacts on them and their families, compared with white adults, while adults in the Northeast and West are notably more concerned than are those in other regions. • Eighty-five percent of the 14- to 17-year-olds in our youth sample expressed being “somewhat” or “very” worried about climate change. Learn more in our latest brief: https://ow.ly/gjaC50SIxm0

This article shared by Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project highlights a key insight: although most people may not be familiar with the term “climate justice,” they still strongly support the values behind it. The author emphasizes that climate justice goes beyond addressing environmental issues alone; it encompasses the goal of building a fairer society where all communities have equal protection and resilience against climate impacts. This perspective aligns well with FEMA’s Whole Community Approach to resilience, which aims to ensure that every community—especially those historically underserved—can access resources to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters. FEMA’s Strategic Plan underscores resilience and equity as essential elements of effective climate response. Strategic Resolution Experts is proud to support FEMA in advancing these initiatives, helping to create a more resilient future that prioritizes justice and equity. #ClimateJustice #Resilience #WholeCommunity #Equity #ClimateChange #FEMA

Climate change isn't just an environmental issue—it's a reproductive justice crisis. Research reveals the devastating impacts on women and girls' access to essential sexual and reproductive health care worldwide. Advocating for women-led climate justice is necessary to ensure inclusive solutions and safeguard reproductive autonomy. #SRHRforAll #Ipas

During #ClimateWeekNYC, I had the opportunity to participate in several important events, including one co-hosted by ImpactAssets, part of the Justice Climate Fund. The key takeaway I shared? While climate change is a critical global issue, we must focus our investments on communities of color, who are disproportionately affected by its impact. Research—including our own at the National Bankers Association—continues to show that communities of color are hardest hit by climate change. It’s not just about investing in climate—it’s about ensuring the communities that bear the brunt of these challenges are included in the solutions. #ClimateJustice #CommunitiesOfColor #ImpactInvesting #SustainableChange

The climate crisis is a reproductive justice crisis. What exactly does this mean? Our research around the world shows that the climate crisis undermines the right to have a child, to not have a child, and to parent children in safe and healthy environments. For Earth Day, we’ve just published this easy-to-read overview of our findings. Fortunately, women often have the climate solutions we need. They play a leading role in helping their families and communities survive extreme weather events and adapt to climate change. That’s why we’re centering women and girls as we work with local partners to build climate resilience. Check out the findings: https://bit.ly/4d8Al1J

I am a big fan of what is now called the "Ecoright." It is comprised of a collection of conservative individuals and organizations who are focused on addressing the challenge of climate change. This includes the ALLIANCE FOR MARKET SOLUTIONS INC, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), ClearPath, C3 Solutions, and the Energy and Environment team at the R Street Institute. All of these groups are committed to finding bipartisan solutions to climate change, a problem that affects all of us. Yes, the right was slow to the table when it comes to climate change, but it is here now and has many good ideas. An organization playing a unique role in this "Ecoright" ecosystem is DEPLOY/US. They are a bipartisan group which is acting as an intermediary to provide funding and help build capabilities in the Ecoright. This is an incredibly important role since a recent analysis published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that roughly 0.5% of U.S. climate philanthropy have flowed to the organizations best suited to engage with right-of-center Americans. That means that the civil society groups that exist to push, pull, and guide Republican policymakers to ambitious climate action lack the capacity to do so at scale. It is also important that the Ecoright have a strong voice in engaging with organizations on the left who are focused on climate change. There are many more here and they receive much higher levels of funding. The only way we are going to get stable, long-term policies for addressing climate change is through a bipartisan approach. While this may sound a bit naive, I believe progress can be made here whoever is the next President. Deploy/US was founded by CEO Andrea Strimling Yodsampa, PhD. I was introduced to her by Philip Rossetti at the R Street Institute. Turns out she lives the next town over from me and we had lunch last year. i've kept in touch with her and met her Vice President of Programs Alex Bozmoski. I told them that when the time was right I'd love to do an interview with the two of them. That time came and here it is! https://lnkd.in/esTzfami

🌍🌱 NYC Climate Week 2024 was a powerful reminder of the urgency and innovation needed to tackle the climate crisis! 🌱🌍 This year, the conversations around scaling green accountability and transforming systems in financial infrastructure were more critical than ever. The momentum is building, and the focus is on actionable solutions. Key highlights included the exploration of how to make green accountability a core part of financial systems and how to put citizens at the center. As Aly Rahim emphasized, “If we are going to solve complex crises, we need systemic solutions, and CIVIC is a tool to do that.” and Anna Lerner pointing out that in ‘green accountability we are talking about an interaction: how people participate and engage with climate tech to increase accountability‘.  Transparency International's Ketakandriana Rafitoson made a critical point: “The fight against climate change will fail if we don’t invest more in the fight against corruption.” It was also wonderful to reconnect with friends, join superb events on Just Transition and impact investments, and move the #GreenAccountability project forward and meet grantees. The collective drive to demand accountability and push for systemic change is what gives me hope. Let’s keep this momentum going! 🌎💚#ClimateAction #Sustainability #ClimateFinance #GreenAccountability #NYCClimateWeek Katherine Stodulka Aly Rahim Jamie Drummond Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan Erin Mazursky Michael Jarvis Jennifer Anderson Lewis (in personal capacity) Veronica Nyhan Jones Justin Sylvester Douglas Heske Mariana Felicio Selin Kumbaracı Carolina Coch Anna Lerner Nesbitt Brice Böhmer Blair Glencorse Katherine Townsend Robin Mearns Jesse Worker Ketakandriana Rafitoson, PhD

Climate change’s consequences don’t strike evenly. April often brings a big, splashy (and sometimes greenwashed) focus on sustainability with Earth Day. At Village Capital, we’re laser-focused on a deeper, long-term goal: climate justice for the communities most directly impacted by climate change. The Climate Justice movement recognizes the disproportionate impacts of climate change on low-income communities and communities of color around the world, the people and places least responsible for the problem. This means that in the United States, immigrants, refugees, and communities of color are disproportionately affected by climate risk and disasters. Hear from the alumni of last year’s Climate Justice for Immigrants and Community of Color program (in partnership with World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund) about what climate justice means to them – and how innovative startups can build healthier and resilient communities for all: Alba Forns of Climatize, Javier Correa of Future: Unlocking Incentives, Drew Downing of Logista Response, and Kamel Greene, MPA of Poly Platform.