Credit: Tom Parkhill
Parliamentary Inquiry - comment by Chi Onwurah MP
Climate change and the geosciences risk being seen as largely 'white sciences' in the Global North, according to a new study. The research shows that racial minority students are significantly underrepresented in Geology and other sciences of relevance to climate change.
Presenting the work at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference*, author Professor Chris Jackson says that the lack of minority students and opinion leaders in these vital sciences reflects "systemic exclusion", and risks alienating large sections of the global population from our efforts to combat climate change and protect the environment.