Sheila Foster, a professor at the Columbia Climate School, emphasizes the critical role of cities in addressing the impacts of climate change, underscoring the need for equitable urban climate adaptation strategies. Her research centers on environmental and climate equity, advocating for partnerships between governments and frontline communities. Foster argues that those living in vulnerable areas often possess valuable insights and solutions to environmental challenges, but require adequate legal and policy frameworks to amplify their efforts effectively.
"Often the people who live in these communities have already been working on solutions," says Foster, a professor at the Columbia Climate School. "What they need are tools-legal, policy and institutional-to scale those solutions in partnership with government."
Foster's research emphasizes the importance of co-creating urban climate adaptation strategies with frontline communities to ensure that solutions are not only effective but equitable.
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