Black Climates Notes on Race, our Environment, and Visions for Equitable Futures

About this book

Globally, Black people are among the most affected by the climate crisis, despite contributing very little to it. For a long time, the crisis was portrayed as yet another injustice for Black people to care about, on top of the day-to-day oppression they face.

In Black Climates, Selina Nwulu reframes the crisis to encompass our disconnection from each other and the world around us. She argues that the root of climate change lies in historical colonial violence and ongoing exploitation, making it inherently racist.

Nwulu, former Young People's Laureate for London, uses her poetic and skilful voice to directly address Black British readers who have been previously ignored in mainstream environmental conversations. She includes interviews with a wide range of creatives and campaigners to explore a variety of subjects, including air pollution, prison ecology, disability justice, migration, food, nature, community care, and radical imagination.

This is an essential and empowering read for anyone who wants to fully understand the connections between Blackness and the climate crisis, providing the tools to envisage more equitable futures.

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Biography

Selina Nwulu is an award-winning writer and researcher of Nigerian heritage. Former Young Poet Laureate for London, she's been widely featured in a variety of journals, short films and anthologies, and her work has been exhibited worldwide. Her full-length poetry collection, A Little Resurrection, was published with Bloomsbury in 2022 and was an Irish Times book of the year. She is also a leader in the civic sector, working across social and climate justice as an independent consultant.