Palestine & Climate Justice: Militarism as a Driver of Climate Crisis
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Date(s) - 05/07/2024
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Climate and Community Project
WASHINGTON,DC AND REMOTE
As the genocide in Gaza continues with US support, the North American climate movement is becoming increasingly attuned to the role of militarism as a driver of climate crisis and multiplier of the climate and environmental vulnerabilities communites face as a consequence of military operations undertaken by the US and its allies. In parallel, organizers working on progressive foreign policy have begun to seriously engage with the climate crisis, and are beginning to recognize the linkages between the exercise of US military power and environmental degradation.
This event with start with remarks from Rep. Delia Ramirez on how her advocacy for a ceasefire aligns with her work to drive climate investment into her district, which will be following by a panel featuring Hebah Kassem, Palestinian political climate strategist , Dr. Patrick Bigger, research director at the Climate and Community Project, and Ashik Siddique, co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America. Panelists will discuss the overarching environmental costs of maintaining the US global empire, further impacts from the weapons manufacturing industry, and how those processes are magnified in Palestine right now. The panel will also discuss the critical importance of internationalism for winning just climate action in the US and around the world. Panelists will discuss how divesting from militarization and investing in just climate action at home and abroad is necessary to meet climate and environmental goals while creating possibilities for communities not just to survive, but thrive, as the impacts of climate change intensify. Panelists will discuss how Palestine is a litmus test for the US climate left to start to shift toward a more internationalist outlook that demands climate justice in all countries- because there will be climate justice everywhere, or none at all.