ATLANTA — Georgians are already feeling the effects of climate change, and the impacts are worse for poor communities of color, a panel of scientists said in the federal government’s National Climate Assessment (NCA). The report called out the Southeast’s long history of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and discrimination in its in-depth look at how climate change is affecting the region and how communities are adapting.
“Centuries of political and land-use decisions have threatened the landscape and the people, with a few prospering at the expense of many,” the assessment’s Southeast chapter said.
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