Sarah Dougherty, the director for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) Green Finance Center, says climate change has created a future that’s different from the past, and communities of color face far more challenges because of it.
“In Atlanta, to use it specifically, let’s talk about areas that are more flood-prone. They tend to be communities of color, the places that don’t have as much tree cover. So when it’s hot, they are even hotter,” said Dougherty.
Dougherty and Adam Kent, the senior advisor for the NRDC’s Green Finance Center, were guests on Monday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
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