Publication Date
6-20-2022
Abstract
Climate change affects everyone. However, the Southeastern United States is at a higher risk of negative effects. The South is especially vulnerable to climate change not because mitigation will drain resources, but because those resources were never available in the first place. This paper describes the geographic disadvantages of the Southeastern United States and explains how prior institutional inequality will exacerbate those disadvantages for marginalized groups and communities. The South depends on agriculture and tourism economically, both of which are heavily climate dependent. For southerners who already lack resources, the destruction of two main job industries would be detrimental. This paper addresses climate change as a social justice issue, and emphasizes the necessity of including traditionally overlooked and marginalized people in climate policy.
Recommended Citation
Pittman, Abbie-Noel
(2022)
"How Much Further Can Southern Resilience Go?,"
Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 4, Article 11.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umurjournal/vol4/iss1/11
