For my colleague Kendra Pierre-Louis, a reporter on the Climate Desk, environmental justice and racial justice are deeply intertwined. But it’s not always clear how racial inequality influences the way we understand climate change. “I don’t think people realize how strong the relationship is, partially because of how we talk about environmental issues,” Kendra said. “We often only read about how climate change will affect the global 1 percent.”She gave me the example of chocolate and coffee, two plants that only grow under very narrow climate conditions. They’ll become even more fancy and rare.”Thus we read stories about how “climate change is coming for your chocolate,” which, Kendra said, it most definitely is.

Source: New York Times August 25, 2018 15:56 UTC