April 28, 2025
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May 2, 2025
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Y’all ready for HHC at DC Climate Week?!
Hip Hop Caucus is pulling up for a full week of action during DC Climate Week — and they want to see YOU there.
Events:
Monday 4/28 – Book Launch: Tools to Save Our Planet
Tuesday 4/29 – Plastics and Climate Change hosted by Plastic Pollution Coalition
Wednesday 4/30 – Career Pathways in Climate & Sustainability hosted by Black Oak Collective
Thursday 5/1 – Who Controls the Story of Climate & Nature? hosted by Marketplace of the Future
Friday 5/2 – Climate Friday LIVE on WPFWFM radio
Pull up, tap in, and let’s make change together.
April 29, 2025
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3:45 pm
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4:20 pm
EST
Plastics are driving climate change. Ninety-nine percent of all plastics are made from petrochemicals derived from fossil fuels—gas, oil, and coal. Despite the urgent need to cut our reliance on fossil fuels, the plastics and petrochemical industries plan to triple plastics production by 2060—threatening our chances of keeping global temperature rise below the critical 1.5-degree Celsius threshold. By 2050, plastic production and disposal could generate greenhouse-gas emissions equivalent to 615 coal plants annually and use up to 13% of Earth’s remaining carbon budget. Microplastics and nanoplastics may also be interfering with the ocean’s ability to absorb and sequester carbon, our biggest natural carbon sink. To address the climate crisis, we must reduce the production of plastic.
Join Plastic Pollution Coalition during the inaugural DC Climate Week to learn more about the connections between plastics and the climate crisis and how we can limit production, particularly through the Global Plastic Treaty that is being negotiated at the United Nations.
Time
3:45 pm – 4:20 pm EST
Location:
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – Washington, DC
