Cities and Climate Justice, Global and Local Strategies
Are cities the problem or solution to climate change, warming, sea-level rise and the displacement of communities? How do official climate change policies in our cities reflect existing economic and racial inequalities? What strategies are consistent with and at odds with climate justice? The panel of scholars and activists engaged in climate justice in the New York region and beyond will address these questions.
Participants
Professor Emeritus, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, author of New York For Sale (MIT Press, 2008) and editor of Zoned Out: Race, Displacement and City Planning in New York City (2017)
Professor of English, College of Staten Island; author of Extreme Cities: The Perils and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change (Verso, 2017)
Chair, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Program, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, New School