However, the most recent U.S. National Climate Assessment report affirms previous studies that climate change disproportionately impacts marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged populations of all races. The question that came to mind is "would Dr. King have been concerned about climate change?" A common misperception about Dr. King is that he fought for a specific group of people. Writing in the Huffington Post, Durley opines,I never could have conceived of becoming a champion for climate change. This quote could have easily been referring to the grand challenge of climate change, humanity and our single Earth community.

Source: Forbes January 19, 2019 13:39 UTC