V. Kelly Turner says heat affects everyone, but the impacts are frequently unequal | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
September 12, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: CapRadio

UCLA Expert: V. Kelly Turner: Assistant Professor, Urban Planning; Assistant Professor, Geography; Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation; Associate Director of UrbanEnvironment Research, Luskin Center for Innovation; Member, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: Some communities bear the higher burden of heat waves. Extreme heat affects everyone, but those impacts are frequently unequal.

UCLA News: “My view is that extreme heat is one of the greatest climate injustices facing the state of California currently,” Turner said.