<div dir="auto"><br></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:13px"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:13px"><a href="https://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GreenHomeNYC-Urban-Heat-Island-Policy-071020_Post-scaled.jpg" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,152,180)"><img class="alignnone wp-image-17997 size-medium" src="https://greenhomenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GreenHomeNYC-Urban-Heat-Island-Policy-071020_Post-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" style="border: none; margin: 4px 6px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:13px"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Summer in the City: Urban Heat Island, Environmental Justice and Covid 19–</strong><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> a Perfect Storm?</strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica"> </p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica">Temperatures this summer are rising to uncomfortable levels.  But what policies are in place to assist people who are confined to small, crowded apartments, with inadequate ventilation and no air conditioning —or unaffordable air conditioning—in the case of a heat wave?   What are the environmental justice issues that should be considered, since traditional practices like opening community centers and shelters may be contraindicated in the era of Covid? What populations are being disproportionately affected by urban heat and climate change?</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica"><br></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica"></p><div dir="auto">Click the link below for more details and registration. After you register, you will receive a link to the event. </div><p></p><br><a href="https://greenhomenyc.org/forum/monthly-forum-urban-heat-island-and-covid-19-a-perfect-storm/">https://greenhomenyc.org/forum/monthly-forum-urban-heat-island-and-covid-19-a-perfect-storm/</a><br>