The Geography of Risk: How D.C. Neighborhoods Shape Children's Health

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The climate crisis is becoming an increasingly pressing global issue—and its adverse impacts aren’t affecting everyone equally. Climate change and other forms of environmental degradation pose serious development threats to children, as they are more biologically vulnerable than adults. At the same time, they also tend to disproportionately harm racially marginalized populations, which is often an ongoing result of discriminatory historical practices—a phenomenon known as environmental racism. Children in marginalized communities are thus at the center of this dangerous intersection, and those in D.C. are no exception.