Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, co-editor of the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save, and co-creator of the podcast How to Save a Planet. Her forthcoming book—What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures—will be published by One World/PRH in autumn 2023.

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These Black Icons Have a Novel Idea to Save the Ocean

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discusses ocean justice with Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, winners of the 2023 'Nobel Prize' for the environment.

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

We Can't Solve the Climate Crisis Unless Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter movement is not a distraction from saving the planet. We can't solve the climate crisis without people of color, but we could probably solve it without racists. Whether it's Hurricane Katrina...

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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