Jaime Palomera of the Institut de Recerca Urbana de Barcelona on climate justice in Barcelona

In this video, Jaime Palomera of the Institut de Recerca Urbana de Barcelona (IDRA) uses the case of Barcelona and skyrocketing rental prices in newly greened areas to prove that climate justice needs to address the inextricable link between environmental and social justice.

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.