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‘We couldn’t do anything’: family drowns in Seoul basement during floods

Hundreds of thousands of poor people live in semi-underground homes around the city. The death of a family of three showed ​how vulnerable they are to flooding.
How Africa's first heat officer confronts climate change

How Africa's first heat officer confronts climate change

In the capital of Sierra Leone, crowding and poverty complicate efforts to protect a city of 1.2 million from the effects of climate change. 
Environmental justice should be core principle of Murphy administration, says report
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Environmental justice should be core principle of Murphy administration, says report

The Murphy administration needs to focus on the disproportionate impacts of pollution and contamination on poor urban communities, according to a transition team report for Gov. Phil Murphy.

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