Lessons on Climate Change and Poverty From the California Drought
- Abstract
This report explores the intersection of climate change and inequality in the context of the California drought, highlighting the unqiue and disproportionate challenges faced by California’s low-income and farming communities. Finally, the report offers recommendations for better addressing these disparities with urgency in order to move toward justice.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Author
- Wendy Ortiz
- Resource URL
- https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/17102704/Ortiz-CAdrought-report.pdf
- Date
- August 2015
- Institution
- Center for American Progress
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Drought Food/crops
- Region
- Southwest
- Other
- Climate and environmental justice/health equity Vulnerable populations