As climate change accelerates, cities are on the frontlines in experiencing their impacts and producing solutions. Sheila Foster is committed to ensuring that urban climate adaptation strategies are not only effective, but fair. Her research focuses on environmental and climate justice, focusing on creating solutions with frontline communities.
“People who often live in these communities are already working on solutions,” said Foster, a professor at Columbia Climate School. “What they need is the tools of law, policy and agency that can work with the government to expand these solutions.”
Learn more about Foster’s work here.
The video is part of an ongoing science series on the Earth Interpreter series about how scientists and scholars at Columbia’s Climate School try to understand the impacts of climate change and help contribute to solutions.
