PEOPLE'S AND WORKERS' CLIMATE JUSTICE CHARTER, futures for South Africa

144pp., paperback, (Bloemfontein), 2023

Contributions include:

"We must heed 'the cry of the Earth', for our scriptures call us to protect the sanctity of creation" by Rev. Dr Rachel Mash

"Young people and the climate crisis: the challenge of building an intersectional justice movement" by Yakhani Charlotte Mjiyakho et al

"Capitalism's recalibration: From globalisation to deglobalisation to onshoring" by Patrick Bond

"Learning, unlearning and relearning: Popular education points the way towards climate justice" by Astrid von Kotze and Shirley Walters

"South Africa needs more grounded, climate-conscious media" by Dale T McKinley

"South Africa has a viable, sustainable alternative in its plan for a 'Just Transition'" by Kaamil Alli

"Township transition models can create beautiful and highly functional living environments" by Janet Cherry

"The struggle for health and climate justice in South Africa must put people before profits" by Dr Natalya Dinat

"Respecting the rights of nature is the only way out of climate crisis and biodiversity collapse" by Method Gundidza

"The case for a climate justice deal for South Africa and Africa" by Awande Buthelezi.

Vishwas Satgar is Associate Professor of International Relations and principal investigator for Emancipatory Futures Studies in the Anthropocene the University of the Witwatersrand; Board Chairperson of the Cooperative and Policy Alternative Centre, and co-founder of the South African Food Sovereignty Campaign and the Climate Justice Charter Movement.

Jane Cherry is executive manager at the Co-operative and Policy Alternative Centre and an activist and organiser with the Climate Justice Charter Movement.

Awande Buthelezi is a researcher at the Co-operative and Policy Alternative Centre and an activist and organiser with the Climate Justice Charter Movement.