Millions of young people around the world join global strike to demand climate action ahead of United Nations Climate Summit.
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Climate Justice
In order to avert a climate catastrophe, we must transition away from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy. On both a domestic and a global level, climate change hurts poor people and communities of color first and worst, so we seek solutions that center economic and racial justice as critical components of addressing climate change.
Latest Work
We Have The Money For A Green New Deal. We Just Waste It On Useless Wars.
For just over 10 percent of a single year’s military spending, we could build enough green electricity for every household in the country.
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Just 11 percent of the Military Budget Could Fund Renewable Energy for Every US Home
Youth are demanding a Green New Deal and a sustainable economy. We can start by drastically reducing military spending and shifting defense funds toward renewable energy.
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Scientists Shouldn’t Listen to the Fossil Fuel Industry. Geoengineering is a Scam.
Oil and gas companies aren’t only polluting our air, water, and soil. They’ve injected themselves into our education system as well.
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Immigration Is a Climate Issue
The United States, the top historic contributor to carbon emissions, has been treating climate refugees from its own pollution as threats. We can do better.
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Government Secrecy Is More Damaging to Public Health Than Nuclear Fallout
When it comes to nuclear weapons and energy programs, governments have been willing to send their people into harm’s way with impunity.
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Don’t Let ‘Carbon Capture’ Spoil New Mexico’s Leadership
New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act established it as a climate policy leader, but progress could be reversed by greedy new corporations entering the state.
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Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires
Protesters around the world are singling out the bad actors like Blackrock, Cargill, ADM, and others for profiting off deforestation.
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Burning Down the House
Far-right governments in the U.S., UK, and Brazil are laying bare their nihilistic roots and full destructive potential.
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Hurricane Dorian Is a Grave Climate Injustice
The destruction of the Bahamas highlights the Global North’s debt to the South for slavery, colonialism, and the climate crisis.
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Reports
Tax Day 2023: Where Your 2022 Tax Dollars Went
IPS’s National Priorities Project takes a look at where American taxpayers’ money went in 2022, and how skewed our national priorities are.
From a Militarized to a Decarbonized Economy: A Case for Conversion
In a new analysis for Costs of War, IPS Associate Fellow Miriam Pemberton lays out a case for a transition from a militarized to a decarbonized economy.
REPORT: New Mexico at a Crossroads: False Solutions or a Just Transition?
How community-led energy solutions can benefit the Land of Enchantment — and the country.
IPS Brief: Mining Companies Use Trade Agreements to Attack Indigenous Rights in Colombia and Beyond
With our allies, we’ve prepared a legal brief to support the Wayúu people’s rights to water, health, and food sovereignty in Colombia.
New Mexico’s Case for Public Ownership of its Clean Energy Infrastructure
Any energy transition that doesn’t guarantee a pathway to public ownership perpetuates inequality and wealth extraction from New Mexicans .