The Climate Justice March is a citizens’ march calling for equal and dignified lives for those hit hardest by the climate crisis. Civil society organizations from many fields — environment, labor, poverty, women’s rights, youth, and more — join forces and take to the streets every year. MAP (Migration to Asia Peace, an organization that supports migrants and refugees) also takes part.

What is Climate Justice?

Climate Justice is the idea that climate change is not simply an environmental issue — it is a human issue. As the climate crisis deepens, people who are already marginalized or in vulnerable situations suffer far greater harm. Climate disasters, food shortages, wars, and the displacement of refugees are all deeply connected; the climate crisis makes an already unequal world even more unequal. Climate Justice is a movement that looks this inequality in the eye and calls for protecting those who are harmed first.

Why March?

The march is a way for all of us to raise our voices together so that everyone can live with equality and dignity in the face of injustice. It carries three specific messages to the world:

  1. No more lives lost to climate disasters — we demand action together.
  2. Energy should be managed as a public good, not a profit-making tool — we call for moving away from nuclear and coal and transitioning to publicly owned renewable energy.
  3. Immediately stop development projects that destroy nature, such as new airport construction, cable car projects, and the Four Rivers Project.

March Details

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DateSaturday, September 7
Gathering time1:00 PM
Gathering pointIn front of McDonald’s (Gangnam Branch 2) at Exit 12 of Gangnam Station
RouteGangnam Station → Teheran-ro → Samseong Station
Slogan”Change the world, not the climate”

The march takes place along Gangnam-daero, an area packed with major corporations — including Samsung Electronics, GS Caltex, POSCO, and Google Korea — that generate enormous greenhouse gas emissions while pursuing profit.

Joining with MAP

MAP will be marching alongside everyone else. Around 500 civil society organizations and 20,000 citizens from fields including environment, labor, poverty, women’s rights, and youth are expected to take part.

What to bring

  • Water to drink
  • Comfortable clothes and shoes
  • A cushion or pad to sit on
  • Snacks
  • A placard (if you would like one)

Arriving late?

If you arrive after 3:00 PM, head to the area near the Nike store at Exit 6 of Sinnonhyeon Station and look for the MAP flag. The MAP flag has the same design as the organization’s profile picture.

Contact

If you have any questions about joining the march or getting there, please feel free to reach out any time.

  • 010-5381-0850
  • 010-8438-0232

Posters and Demands in 17 Languages

Materials for this march have been produced in 17 languages: Nepali, Tagalog, Russian, Mongolian, Burmese, Vietnamese, Bengali, Sinhala, Arabic, English, Uzbek, Indonesian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Khmer, and Thai. Posters in all 17 languages, along with 11 core demands translated into 16 languages, are available on the official website at action4climatejustice.kr.