Environmental justice and adaptation to climate change

I?m beginning to wonder whether we need an ?Endangered People Act? to ensure that the most vulnerable get the protection they need from climate change impacts. Climate change will disproportionately affect vulnerable individuals and poorer regions and countries, as I discuss in a recent paper comparing adaptation efforts in China, England, and the U.S.
For example, by the end of the century, the number of heat wave days in Los Angeles could double, while the number in Chicago could quadruple, with corresponding increases in deaths.�Elderly poor people are more vulnerable to heat stress; they ... More >Lab Laboratory Student Administrator Advertising