{"id":6799,"date":"2018-07-02T08:36:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:37:33","slug":"anneshortseedgrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/2018\/07\/02\/anneshortseedgrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice in Urban Climate Mitigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-20173 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile-field-bu-urbanist profile-field-cas profile-field-current-fab profile-field-earth-environment profile-field-public-impact-scholar\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/profile\/anne-short-gianotti\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"149\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/ioc\/files\/2018\/06\/anne-short.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Anne Short Gianotti<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Professor of Earth &#038; Environment; Associate Chair of Curriculum; 2020 Public Impact Scholar<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<p>Earth &amp; Environment Associate Professor Anne Short seeks to examine climate action plans in 24 cities across the United States to determine if and how they integrate environmental justice into their goals. Professor Short undertakes this project in order to add to empirical evidence\u2014of which there is little\u2014examining justice in the context of urban climate actions in order to provide a foundation for developing guidance documents to inform the creation of just climate actions in American cities. While her research will encompass the work done in 24 cities, she will focus intensively on Portland, OR.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Short\u2019s research will examine<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>if and how justice is articulated and integrated in climate action plans<\/li>\n<li>if participation in urban sustainability networks is linked to greater attention to justice in climate mitigation<\/li>\n<li>the evolution and implementation of just climate mitigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Urban climate mitigation activities shift energy access and pricing, alter transportation systems, and impact other aspects of city life, all of which have direct and indirect implications for vulnerable populations and the distribution of city resources. Cities with justice-oriented climate action plans specifically address the ways in which their efforts may negatively impact vulnerable populations and introduce safeguards to mitigate those impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Her research will contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.gov\/departments\/environment\/carbon-free-boston\">Carbon Free Boston<\/a> project report, which will be disseminated to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenribboncommission.org\/\">Green Ribbon Commission<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usdn.org\/public\/page\/13\/CNCA\">Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c40.org\/\">C40<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/research\/seedgrants\/research-in-progress\/\"><em>View more projects funded through our Early Stage Urban Research Awards<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator Earth &amp; Environment Associate Professor Anne Short seeks to examine climate action plans in 24 cities across the United States to determine if and how they integrate environmental justice into their goals. Professor Short undertakes this project in order to add to empirical evidence\u2014of which there is little\u2014examining justice in the context of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10654,"featured_media":20175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20176,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions\/20176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}