How to Build an Equitable and Just Climate Future | Peggy Shepard | TED

Everyone has the right to a clean environment -- but major disparities exist when it comes to who faces the consequences of pollution. Environmental justice leader Peggy Shepard points to the disproportionate impact that hazardous environmental conditions have on Black, brown and Indigenous communities and challenges us to build a truly equitable future that turns "sacrifice zones" -- where community health is sacrificed for the sake of development -- into "green zones" that redress the legacy of pollution and harmful policies.
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  • @terrific804
    @terrific804 Жыл бұрын

    What is a right? What is equitable?..fair and impartial. Vs. Making someone else pay for it.... how is that fair and impartial?

  • @DinaNoviani-dx7ks
    @DinaNoviani-dx7ks Жыл бұрын

    Everyone has their own role in protecting and preserving planet earth, from the smallest things to the biggest things.

  • @leviefrauim1425
    @leviefrauim1425 Жыл бұрын

    I don't even have to watch this video to know where it's going, particularly when the leftist buzzwords of "equitable and just climate future" are used in the title. I just saved myself some 11 minutes from listening to the presenter tell me that I'm a racist and need to pay more of my hard earned money to support some leftist cause.

  • @themanwnoname3454
    @themanwnoname3454 Жыл бұрын

    2022(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

  • @ghostfifth
    @ghostfifth Жыл бұрын

    What does equity mean in this context?

  • @singularitybound

    @singularitybound

    Жыл бұрын

    It always means taking... we went from a society that always pushes equality to now every other word these people say equity and 10 other communist red flags... It is and always has been a communist / utopian term when used the way they use. And chasing Utopias always ends in mass death. Just like this energy BS they are doing is going to do for example.. but this time around I think that's just the cherry on top for these people. All this money they are giving to themselves and fantasy "Start Ups" ..START UPS! They don't even have to have actual proof.. many of just being shells or even them/relations Could have been pushed into X prize type ideas or Advanced efforts already being worked on. ..if they want to toss it in the air. But see they care more about the appearance (to steal more money) then they do reality.

  • @scottyyoch3537

    @scottyyoch3537

    Жыл бұрын

    Equality of outcome, 95 percent likely achieved through government force

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones1832 Жыл бұрын

    💚

  • @davidpaulmouton
    @davidpaulmouton Жыл бұрын

    Nice talk, but I'd be nice to see a black person on TED who talks about something else besides race.

  • @thebigdawgj

    @thebigdawgj

    Жыл бұрын

    You could remove "on TED" and still be spot on.

  • @stevecagle550
    @stevecagle550 Жыл бұрын

    Is she on the Left?? I can't tell.. LOL

  • @terrific804
    @terrific804 Жыл бұрын

    So we shouldn't have permits we should have zero pollution. I suppose you should wear a machine that collects your breath when you exhale.

  • @RealziesCuts
    @RealziesCuts Жыл бұрын

    EVs are just a way to get poor people off the road 🤦‍♂️🤡🤦‍♂️

  • @terrific804
    @terrific804 Жыл бұрын

    Studies show....SHOW US THE STUDIES. A black family making 87,000 can move into almost any suburb they care. If they decide to live in a place that isn't to their liking that's THEIR CHOICE. It's not for you to tell me that I have to change their mind or pay them more.

  • @Futurebound_jpg

    @Futurebound_jpg

    Жыл бұрын

    I know right i don’t believe her for one fucking second. Pollution isn’t plopped in the backyards of black people so it is not following them around. If they choose to live in poor areas despite having enough money to move away thats their choice. Poor areas always have more risk of pollution and natural disasters thats just how it works, and sadly historical discrimination has made it so black people are more likely to be stuck in a cycle of poverty, thats all it is. Pollution is not racist 🙄

  • @mkhud50n
    @mkhud50n Жыл бұрын

    “Equitable” 😂

  • @singularitybound
    @singularitybound Жыл бұрын

    These people saying these words will lead to everything but just...

  • @romeants8049
    @romeants8049 Жыл бұрын

    Oh snap this is the environmental channel, I thought this was TED

  • @terrific804
    @terrific804 Жыл бұрын

    My family a WHITE family grew up in a community predominantly white on the near west side of Cleveland immediately adjacent to the flats one of the most polluted places in the state.

  • @cjames9572

    @cjames9572

    Жыл бұрын

    You’ve just made it abundantly clear that you have no clue what an anomaly is.

  • @terrific804

    @terrific804

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cjames9572 anytime someone says they're going to make something clear you can be sure they're going to bullshit you or say something that a cultist would normally say.

  • @cjames9572

    @cjames9572

    Жыл бұрын

    @@terrific804 was what I said bullshit or a cultist remark, Tommy?

  • @terrific804

    @terrific804

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cjames9572 the fact that you said Tommy??? You tell me..cultist.

  • @terrific804

    @terrific804

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cjames9572 lol

  • @Ahero0fAfrica-6789
    @Ahero0fAfrica-6789 Жыл бұрын

    It is time for us to *ACT* on what everyone knows to be TRUE✓ Too many TEARS 😭 have been shed. Too much BLOOD has been shed. All of us have a RESPONSIBILITY 🌎 to work for the day when the MOTHERS of 🌏 PALESTINIANS and ISRAELIS can see their CHILDREN grow without FEAR 😱 !!! Thank you very much for yours solidarity! 🤔 for awareness 🙏. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 .

  • @dreaddrone1795
    @dreaddrone1795Ай бұрын

    Pov: You're a young and impressionable college student forced to watch this .

  • @spitfire5544
    @spitfire5544 Жыл бұрын

    The German people were also convinced by this racialisation of every possible issue, before they finally accepted the Final Solution.

  • @mikelowery6732
    @mikelowery6732 Жыл бұрын

    So are you going to move the coal power plants, dumps and sewer treatment plants into the rich neighborhoods? Infrastructure has to go somewhere. Rich people (probably including our presenter) can move whenever they want. You can't put these things nowhere. These are what causes most of these problems. These types of people love to talk about these one off things like cancer alleys and of course anything that involves the State buying lots of expensive services and products from businesses they've "invested" in because politicians and their families and cronies make money indirectly from these transactions. Rich people move away from pollution. This depresses land prices allowing poorer people to buy those properties. Are you going to prevent poor people from buying cheap property? Are you going to make all real estate cost the same amount? Sounds like a bunch of pandering bull crap to me. An unrealistic dream of central planning authoritarian aristocrats. She will never live by the dump and she will never let it be built near her, but she will let someone else live near it. Her vision of equity is a lie even if she believes it.

  • @webkilla

    @webkilla

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Equity? As in, equality of outcome? That's just straight up communism

  • @rainbowdash_cum_jar

    @rainbowdash_cum_jar

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, couldn’t have said it better myself! She needs to get real!

  • @janwoolley3125

    @janwoolley3125

    Жыл бұрын

    you are missing the point - industry does not have to be polluting if their sites are built to avoid toxins etc from escaping. This might make their products more expensive but then everyone pays and not just those living in the near neighbourhood

  • @abhishekSharma-oi2co
    @abhishekSharma-oi2co Жыл бұрын

    Im Ready for this new video 🔥

  • @nococu
    @nococu Жыл бұрын

    Just stop talking and do something

  • @RealziesCuts

    @RealziesCuts

    Жыл бұрын

    I did, I ripped this really long crackling fart in public 💫

  • @protectyour2a482
    @protectyour2a482 Жыл бұрын

    You keep using those terms “equitable” and “just.” I don’t think you understand what those terms mean… the amount of pollution in an area is determined by location and residency in relativity to major cities that have higher levels of pollution. It’s not a race thing- it’s a geographical location thing. People are empowered to move at their own free will and pollution levels should be a general characteristic people take into consideration.

  • @hollythomas1344

    @hollythomas1344

    Жыл бұрын

    kaylan maybe you should familiarize yourself with redlining and the legacy of policy that dictates where people of color are "allowed" to live before you go spewing about free will.

  • @protectyour2a482

    @protectyour2a482

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hollythomas1344 I do understand it- I’ve written full reports on the topic of the 1968 fair housing act and the legal discrimination that took place prior to that in the 50’s and beyond. The disparity we see in the housing market today when compared to that is absolutely non-existent. People can freely move dependent on their economic means to do so- again not a race issue, rather an issue with the lower and middle classes being crushed ESPECIALLY by this current administration

  • @scottyyoch3537

    @scottyyoch3537

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hollythomas1344 and how should I familiarize myself? Are you referring to radical Marxist literature on the subject, or on data-driven studies from independent sources? Let's be absolutely clear and drop the passive aggression.

  • @hollythomas1344

    @hollythomas1344

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scottyyoch3537 I'm not going to do any work for you BUT would recommend you type "redlining" into google scholar. I think you'll find plenty of data-driven, peer-reviewed studies there. Let's be proactive and drop the dependency on others to do the critical thinking for you.

  • @samueledison4676

    @samueledison4676

    Жыл бұрын

    Leftists have no critical thinking ability because they can't think in the first place. Your entire argument is that a thing that ended sixty years ago is still happening to do when it clearly isn't. The world is nothing like it was then.

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet Жыл бұрын

    Give those people the power to refuse to work for those polluter companies End wage slavery

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet

    @GaasubaMeskhenet

    Жыл бұрын

    No more evictions from primary residences The threat of eviction is a global health hazard Let the people and the planet rest

  • @letthatsinkin7879
    @letthatsinkin7879 Жыл бұрын

    Totally not surprised at all to see the speaker's ethnicity.

  • @christiansoldier1547
    @christiansoldier1547 Жыл бұрын

    universal basic income is what you're talking about.

  • @BigAngelEyes
    @BigAngelEyes Жыл бұрын

    Environmental racism??? 🤣

  • @Kongolox
    @Kongolox Жыл бұрын

    Again, correlation doesnt mean causation. /sigh

  • @AndyS52
    @AndyS528 ай бұрын

    cult

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet Жыл бұрын

    Abolish the profit motive Abolish money

  • @CassieAngelica

    @CassieAngelica

    Жыл бұрын

    Unrealistic, only works in theory. Democratic Socialism is the answer.

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet

    @GaasubaMeskhenet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@startrekmaniac1701 I already have one Slumlord takes it all

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet

    @GaasubaMeskhenet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@startrekmaniac1701 oh yeah that's really helpful advice to the children working in gold mines

  • @scottyyoch3537

    @scottyyoch3537

    Жыл бұрын

    And how do you propose work is to be done? How will people be motivated to work and not fall into the trap of dependency, as has happened every other time this is tried? Lenin tried it right after the revolution. It lasted 3 years.

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet

    @GaasubaMeskhenet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scottyyoch3537 "bla bla bla if no one paid me I'd lay down and never do anything ever until I died bla bla bla" As if Try again.