Climate and Environmental Justice

Human beings are consuming global resources at a higher rate than the planet can sustain. From fossil fuel consumption, to water pollution, to destruction of essential rainforests, human activity has so damaged the environment that humanity is facing catastrophe. Paramount is global warming. The U.S. emits more greenhouse gases per capita than any other nation, and the Department of Defense alone would rank as the 55th worst polluter in the world if it were a separate country. Everyone will feel the impact of the climate crisis, but the burdens will fall most heavily on parts of the world that did not create the climate crisis in the first place and on poorer communities within all nations. UFPJ supports efforts to halt and reverse global warming and to promote justice for the most severely impacted communities.