Assistant Director Mike Harrington Talks to The Root about Climate Change

Over the summer, Tishman Center Assistant Director Mike Harrington spoke to producers at the popular Black American website The Root about how climate change affects the lives of minorities, especially Black people. Below is a shortened version of an interview he did. This clip focuses on the risks of excessive heat and climate change, among other things.

"When we start hearing about climate change, that's just another thing that we have to think about that is oppressing us." Mike Harrington describes how climate change harms black people more than other groups and shares how we should tackle the issue: https://www.theroot.com/extreme-heat-flooding-and-public-health-issues-how-cl-1838676615