Barry Keppard on heat injustice in Boston

In this video, Director of the Public Health Department at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Barry Keppard explains how heat injustice in Boston can be prevented through integrated city-wide policies that address equal access to housing, transport and public spaces.

This collection of videos explains how access to cooler, greener neighborhoods is often a privilege of wealthier communities, putting marginalized and working class neighborhoods further at risk to the impacts of a warming climate and increasingly severe heat waves.
Interviews with key figures of urban research centers, city councils, and community associations from Barcelona and Boston illustrate how these two cities have become paradigmatic examples of heat injustice.