Climate change and adaptation are inextricably connected to justice and equity. Often, researchers and decision-makers conceptualize climate justice through frameworks of distributive and procedural justice, which have been central to environmental justice discourse for decades. However, critical race theory provides alternative perspectives. Here I identify three themes that are most salient to climate change adaptation discourse: (1) racialization and race consciousness, (2) racial capitalism and (3) intersectionality. By drawing on these themes, I articulate a framework to analyse how racialized climate injustices are reproduced and can be ameliorated. As this Perspective demonstrates, climate adaptation informed by critical race theory can effectively challenge dominant systems of marginalization in contrast to status quo adaptation practices that uphold inequitable power dynamics.

气候变化和适应与正义和公平密不可分。通常，研究人员和决策者通过分配和程序正义的框架将气候正义概念化，这几十年来一直是环境正义话语的核心。然而，批判种族理论提供了不同的观点。在这里，我确定了气候变化适应话语中最突出的三个主题：(1) 种族化和种族意识，(2) 种族资本主义和 (3) 交叉性。通过借鉴这些主题，我阐明了一个框架来分析种族化的气候不公正现象是如何重现和改善的。正如这篇《观点》所展示的，