As the new year begins, here at the Climate Justice desk, we consider the overlooked and the forgotten—communities and stories essential to the fight for climate justice but neglected in the noise of more dominant voices. First, with the need greater than ever and donations down, nonprofits should look locally to keep their operations going. Next, how can major global climate conferences decolonize climate justice? By ensuring that those with the most at stake have a presence. Then, last year, one of the longest and deadliest summers on record in India devastated one group in particular: 65 million slum dwellers. Finally, might climate change mean the end of a classic part of childhood: snow days, and how does that impact already-overstretched working parents?
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