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@AdaptNY

NYC's climate change adaptation debate - curation, documentation, conversation. Digital news project of CUNY J School. Partners - Gotham Gazette, DocumentCloud

 New York, NY
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Joined February 2013
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Trump ends govt panel designed to help cities cope with extreme weather, "one of the last federal bodies that openly talked about climate change in public." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
U.S. Disbands Group That Prepared Cities for Climate Shocks

U.S. Disbands Group That Prepared Cities for Climate Shocks

The Trump administration has terminated a cross-agency group created to help local officials protect their residents against extreme weather and natural disasters.

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Report: U.S. transportation and water infrastructure funding and finance aren't nearly as dire as some believe. But a national consensus on #infrastructure priorities, accompanied by targeted spending and selected policy changes, is needed. r.rand.org/673b
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Food, flood protection, economic development. In Grenada, reefs are key to climate resilience. bit.ly/2zKvEeN
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Dams are for more than storing water, they are being used for flood mitigation and climate resilience as well ow.ly/aCbM30gqwNw
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Urban geographers might wish they had a complete map of how people distribute themselves in public spaces. As a proxy, they can use Google Street View. bit.ly/2z11BQq
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#WEBINAR: Join #climateresilience experts @katerina_elias and @LRangwala as they speak about resilience planning in urban poor communities | Today, 6.30pm IST|8:00am EST ow.ly/halL30gPKCs
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The most vulnerable links in America's power grid are located near densely populated cities. Building redundancy is essential for improving grid #resilience ow.ly/YmwQ30gE36o
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How to pedestrianize a vital urban street trib.al/5U5THkn
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Cities are already suffering from extreme heat. This is how some are planning to thrive in a hotter future buff.ly/2zTqOsW
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Phoenix will be almost unlivable by 2050 -- and it’s not just because of extreme heat. bit.ly/2yFh2Oc
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Quartz@qz8 Nov 2017
100,000 Puerto Ricans have left the island since Maria. How many more will follow? bit.ly/2zm8F9H

100,000 Puerto Ricans have left the island since Maria. How many more will follow?

It’s been more than six weeks since hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, and life in the island is still filled with uncertainty: How many people died? When will power come back? How big...

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It is very likely that 2017 will be one of the three hottest years on record | ow.ly/2ksW30gnGAk @WMO
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Coastal resilience is key for smart climate change planning, and Tokyo knows it. More via @nytclimate nyti.ms/2z1ETU5
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[#flood #resilience] When climate change meets sprawl: Why Houston's ‘once-in-a-lifetime' floods keep happening propublica.org/article/boomt…
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Join the 7/19 webinar to learn how CERT + houses of worship can partner to prepare communities for disaster: bit.ly/290Xu6G
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C2ES@C2ES_org21 Jun 2016
Announcing the Alliance for a Sustainable Future w/ @usmayors. A new focus on #ClimateAaction for cities c2es.org/newsroom/releases/a…
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Mayors, city networks & urban stakeholders call for @IPCC_CH Special Report on #Cities & #ClimateChange voices.nationalgeographic.co… #CitiesIPCC
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Looking fwd to discussing #NYC's long-term resilience needs next week at @MWAlliance conf w/ @dzarrilli @ALIGNny & @bdgcongress
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Register for #MWAConference2015 w/ panels on #WEDGprogram, #WorkingWaterfront, #ClimateChange & #Resiliency Tickets @ ow.ly/L8JZf
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National @PrepareAthon Day is April 30, What's in your Plan? community.fema.gov
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