Climate Change, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Environmental Injustice: Understanding the Root Causes and Interactions
2021-07-28
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Climate Change, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Environmental Injustice: Understanding the Root Causes and Interactions
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2021-07-28
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The following article outlines the findings of a University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Program whose purpose was to determine the connections and intersections between three of the biggest threats to human health today, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and environmental injustice. A thorough review of the relevant literature on the three topics was made and the data and information gathered were analyzed. The objective was to find the common threads between the three topics of interest. The findings show that climate change and its effects, such as extreme weather events and air pollution, are harmful to human health and disproportionately impact marginalized communities throughout the world. They are also connected to the emergence and spread of new and old infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, which once again impact poor neighborhoods and communities of color far more intensely, exacerbating social and racial segregation and contributing to the rise in deaths and poverty among these populations. Addressing the three crises in an integrated manner and with government support will be crucial to fighting climate change and offering help to the populations most in need.
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This research was supported by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).
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Izar Helfenstein Fonseca, Luisa. (2021). Climate Change, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Environmental Injustice: Understanding the Root Causes and Interactions. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/222316.
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