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JOIN US FOR CLIMATE WEEK SEPT 22-28

For Climate Week 2025, Rebuild by Design is bringing together community leaders, policymakers, and partners to show how resilience can take shape in the spaces we share. From transforming parks into climate infrastructure to creating hubs that support communities during crises, our events highlight strategies that merge design, policy, and collaboration to make cities stronger

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Atlas of Accountability: County-Level Federal Disaster Declarations (2011-2024)

Between 2011 and 2024, 99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather, affecting communities across political, urban-rural, and socioeconomic lines. These events, fueled by climate change, cost taxpayers $117.9 billion in federal relief—$72.7 billion from FEMA for hazard mitigation (HM) and public assistance (PA), as well as $45.2 billion

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Increasing extreme hourly precipitation risk for New York Cityafter Hurricane Ida

The remnants of Hurricane Ida caused major damage and death in the United States on September 1st, 2021, and 11 people drowned in flooded basement apartments within New York City (NYC). It was catastrophic because the maximum hourly precipitation intensity, recorded as 3.47 inches (88.1 mm) per hour at Central Park, was unprecedentedly high for

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