The 2100 Project: An Atlas for a Green New Deal features maps showing the different ecological regions, climactic conditions, and land uses across America. This map reflects how agriculture, developed land, and open space are dispersed. | Courtesy McHarg Center

The 2100 Project shows the urgency of combating climate change for communities across the U.S. When geography comes up in politics, it?s frequently framed in adversarial terms?urban versus rural, coasts versus heartland, red states versus blue states. But the climate change era calls for a more nuanced and holistic understanding of the United States? physical and social characteristics, as a digital atlas launched today shows.
The 2100 Project: An Atlas for A Green New Deal, a website produced by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania?s McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, features easily accessible data and graphics about our country?s geography??tools to help us understand the spatial consequences of climate change?not so that we may be frightened by them, but so that we may be mobilized around a response to them,? the website states. The proposed response is the Green New Deal, which is not a specific policy but rather a framework for shared goals and ideals to help decarbonize our transportation and energy systems, build sustainable infrastructure, and create millions of jobs for frontline communities across the country. While some progressives have embraced the idea of a Green New Deal and ar...