Climate change has brought about serious consequences for the environment but many people may experience more severe hazards due to factors like socioeconomic status. In this episode of Penn Talks Science, PhD student Zarin Tabassum talks with fellow PhD student Andrea Andress about the disproportionate effects of climate change on local and global scales.

Andrea can be contacted at:

aandress@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

for further questions. 

The field notes from Georgia Ray’s research can found at the following link: https://ppeh.sas.upenn.edu/field-notes/understanding-environmental-injustice-through-philadelphia-tribune-archive

More information on the U.S. recycling crisis and the relationship with China can be found at this link:

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/03/13/fix-recycling-america/ 

Recording and editing were done by Zarin Tabassum.