Race and Climate: Call for Evidence

Thank you for your interest in participation in this Call for Evidence. The Runnymede Trust are compiling short written submissions based on the disproportionate impact of the environmental emergency on Black, Indigenous peoples and people of colour.

We will use the submissions to create a short written report to inform key policy decisions, and also invite participants to give oral evidence during parliamentary sessions.

Inquiry and Purpose 

The parliamentary inquiry will investigate the links between global systemic racism and the environmental emergency, and endeavour to show why Black people, Indigenous Peoples and people of colour around the world are disproportionately facing the effects of the environmental emergency. 

Aims:

To ensure more inclusive, intersectional and effective climate change policy in the UK by better understanding the structural causes and barriers which have led to the environmental emergency and its disproportionate effect on Black people, Indigenous Peoples and people of colour. 

To give a space for environmental professionals, activists and leaders of colour from both the global North and the global South to speak and discuss their narratives and experiences of the environmental emergency with key policymakers.  

To raise the political profile and public awareness of the historic and contemporary structural racism which has led to Black people, Indigenous Peoples and people of colour around the world disproportionately facing the effects of the environmental emergency.

Context

The inquiry will be co-hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community and the Green New Deal APPG. Both of these are informal cross- party groups of MPs and peers with a shared interest in racial and climate justice. The APPG meets in Parliament to discuss issues impacting survivors and specialist support services, and to contribute to the development of policy and legislation in this area. The group is chaired by Clive Lewis MP, and the Secretariat is held by the Runnymede Trust, Britain’s leading racial equality think tank. 

Scope and Format 

The APPG will put out a call for written evidence. Based on these submissions Runnymede will then hold a series of oral evidence sessions over 5 parliamentary hearings, at which the group will hear evidence from experts by experience, academics, practitioners and decision makers. This evidence will be collated and analysed by the Runnymede Trust as the Secretariat, informing a short report written with clear recommendations for Government and statutory agencies.


If you are interested in participating in this written call for evidence, please fill out the below form and we will be in touch with further information.


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Which region of the UK do you currently live in? *
If you live outside of the UK, where are you currently based?
Which of the following subjects are you an expert within? *
Are you?
Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?

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Which category best describes your ethnic identity? *
Do you have a disability or any access requirement which would need to be taken into account if attending a parliamentary session? *
What is name of your organisation?
What is current job role?
In your own words, please you briefly describe the actives of your organisation?
Which of these statement are true?
Approximately what percentage of the workforce at your organisation are white?
If asked,  would you consent to giving oral evidence on your specialist subject during an in-person session in the UK Houses of Parliament *
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