"White and educated?": Toward a (More) Diverse Climate Movement

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Abstract

Incidents like the one involving Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, who was cropped out of a group photo with other climate activists, are emblematic of the assumption that climate protection is primarily a concern of White people. In this article, we explore potential (social) psychological explanations for the lack of (perceived) diversity in climate activism, as well as approaches to increase diversity.
Original languageEnglish
JournalIn-Mind magazine (engl.)
Issue number57
ISSN1877-5306
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Bibliographical note

An earlier version of this article has been published in the German version of In-Mind.

Research areas and keywords

  • Gender and Diversity
  • BIPoC
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Sustainability sciences, Communication
  • Climate movement
  • climate justice
  • climate change
  • Diversity
  • Psychology
  • social psychology
  • Sociology

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