Climate Change’s Growing Impact on People Experiencing Homelessness
- Abstract
The seemingly unending and sometimes fatal heat waves gripping large portions of the United States this month can be bad for those who are able to find shelter indoors. It is even worse for those experiencing homelessness. The impacts of climate change are already being felt by people across the planet, most of whom can seek shelter and use their resources to try to cope with heat waves, extreme downpours, stronger storms, more intense flooding, worse drought, and air pollution.
- Resource Type
- Blog Post
- Author
- Ryan Koronowski
- Resource URL
- http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/29/3793278/climate-change-air-pollution-homelessness/
- Date
- June 29, 2016
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Air pollution Heat
- Solutions
- Behavior change Built environment Urban greening
- Other
- Advocacy Health surveillance