For example see Green New Deal details, which pushes for "justice" and equity (equality of outcome) and other policies unrelated to climate change, at https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/the-facts-on-the-green-new...:
> Promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future, and repairing historic oppression of indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities...
For another example see https://extinctionrebellion.us/demands-principles, which asks for reparations:
> We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, ...
As such, to me it does seem like these issues are being taken over and misappropriated as carriers for unrelated policies, in order to build a deceptive coalition or false consensus on the more controversial points.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/12/democratic-sen-mazie-hi...