To Reckon With the Post-Apocalypse, Cities Need to Better Invest in Community
Urban Areas Need the Buy-in of Locals if They Want to Address Major Problems From Public Health to Climate Change
Most people in the world today live in cities. So it is unsurprising that cities have weathered the extremes of an extreme historical moment: they are where the pandemic first hit last year, where protests for racial justice emerged, and where climate change has made its presence most known.
For all these reasons and more, said Somini Sengupta, international climate reporter for the New York Times and moderator of yesterday’s discussion, “How Do Our Cities Prepare for The Post-Apocalypse?,” cities are now in a moment of reckoning.
“As we emerge from this …
