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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Sunday said his coastal state has a “front-row seat” to climate change, adding that he is working to build stronger and more resilient infrastructure to ...
There will be more environmental and climate justice groups vying for those funds: The accelerator announced today that 49 new groups have been accepted into its second cohort.
Current Köppen climate classification types of North Carolina. Climate change in North Carolina is of concern due to its impacts on the environment, climate, people, and economy of North Carolina. "Most of the state has warmed one-half to one degree (F) in the last century, and the sea is rising about one inch every decade."
Apex (/ ˈ eɪ. p ɛ k s /) is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. At its southern border, Apex encompasses the community of Friendship . In 1994, the downtown area was designated a historic district, and the Apex train depot, built in 1867, is designated a Wake County landmark.
Climate change and climate justice have also been a component when discussing environmental justice and the greater impact it has on environmental justice communities. [80] Air pollution and water pollution are two contributors of climate change that can have detrimental effects such as extreme temperatures, increase in precipitation, and a ...
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Climate justice seeks to achieve an equitable distribution of both the burdens of climate change and the efforts to mitigate climate change. [3] The economic burden of climate change mitigation is estimated by some at around 1% to 2% of GDP. [4] [5] Climate justice examines concepts such as equality, human rights, collective rights, justice and ...