Activists say they are becoming concerned about the lack of representation in the UK climate industry.
Dominique Palmer is a climate justice activist, focusing on environmentalism and how to get people involvedWhen you think of climate campaigners, David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg and Leonardo Di Caprio may come to mind. In the UK, the environment industry is thought to be one of the least racially diverse, with more people from ethnic minorities being encouraged to get involved.
"I didn't feel connected to the environmental movement. I saw it as a very white space and somewhere that wasn't for me," says Dominique Palmer.The 23-year-old has just returned from the United Nations environment meeting, COP27, in Egypt, but says as a child growing up in London, she didn't imagine herself doing any of this.
"I just didn't understand that some of the issues, for example asthma and air pollution that I was facing growing up, were actually also connected to environmental issues," she adds.Dominique sees a disconnect between the black community and climate industry in the UK and feels there are a few reasons behind this:African and Caribbean countries are disproportionately located in parts of the world that are vulnerable to climate hazards, hurricanes and flooding.
Despite this, the UK environmental sector is the second least diverse industry in the country - just after farming. Just under 5% of environment professionals identify as black, Asian or from other ethnic minorities, compared to around 12% across all professions in the UK, according to the
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