How Our Parks Make Us More Resilient Against Climate Change

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 21, 2023

As the weather warms up and the days get longer, many will be aiming to spend more time in the city's parks, or other local greenspaces. Reveler's should know that parks can be about more than outdoor recreation — they can also be designed to help fight the effects of climate change, like flooding, and the heat islands that form in urban spaces. Michelle Mueller-Gamez is the Central Park Conservancy's manager of climate change research, who will explain what climate change means for parks, and what parks mean for climate change resilience.

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