Those closest to the problem are best placed to design effective remedies. In the case of climate change, frontline communities in the United States are already showing us the way. Jacqueline Patterson, founder of The Chisholm Legacy Project: Resource Hub for Black frontline Climate Justice Leadership and former director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, notes that the "free market" has never worked to protect minorities or protect the planet from plunder and greed. Key quote: "As civil rights activist Audre Lorde said: 'The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.' To use the same mechanism that caused the problem to try to solve the problem is illogical at best."

Source: New York Times November 01, 2021 18:46 UTC