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Racially just Adaptation + Urban Planning and Climate Inequities + Fate of 100 Resilient Cities and much more with Dr. Linda Shi – RE-RELEASE

America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast

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The Importance of Acknowledging Racism in Adaptation

Roxanne Jones: It occurs to me in this growing awareness of inequity and climate justice, environmental justice. And yet I don't see it said enough behind a lot of that is just plain old racism. She says there needs to be an acknowledgement that we're not going to make the progress in the field of adaptation around these issues if we don't acknowledge they are race driven. "It's also very much possible that as we see larger shifts geographically that it will affect rural regions as well," she adds.

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