NPCC4:在纽约市的气候适应战略中推进气候正义
Sheila R Foster1,2, Ana Baptista3, Khai Hoan Nguyen4
1Georgetown University, New York City, New York, USA.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|August 19, 2024
概括
纽约市 纽约市 纽约市
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 社会正义,社会正义.
背景情况:
- 本章建立在之前的工作 (NPCC3) 上,以在纽约市的适应战略中推进气候正义.
- 它考察了社区对气候,环境和社会压力因素交叉的方法的演变.
研究的目的:
- 确定额外的指标和适应努力,以促进纽约市的气候正义.
- 为气候不平等提供历史背景,将其与殖民化和土地利用联系起来.
- 为确定易受气候危害,社会脆弱性和流离失所影响的地区推纽约市特定的指标.
主要方法:
- 自NPCC3.3以来,评估城市在气候适应方面的公平整合.
- 分析社区主导的适应策略及其演变.
- 历史土地利用,殖民化和奴隶制对气候风险的影响的审查.
- 开发一种用于评估气候脆弱性的新型指标.
主要成果:
- 社区已经发展出解决复杂压力因素的方法.
- 历史上的不平等在很大程度上影响了当前和未来的气候风险和社会脆弱性.
- 提出了一个新的指标,以确定气候危险,社会脆弱性和流离失所的交叉点的高度脆弱性区域.
- 强调了公平和种族公正的气候适应的最佳实践.
结论:
- 优先考虑社区驱动的弹性对于综合,公平和种族公正的气候适应至关重要.
- 了解历史背景对于有效的气候正义战略至关重要.
- 一个以纽约市为中心的指标可以更好地识别和解决气候脆弱性.
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