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Increasing extreme hourly precipitation risk for New York Cityafter Hurricane Ida

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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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Availability, Affordability, and Adequacy of Insurance in Areas Impacted by Climate-related Risks

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A group of experts was assembled by the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA) on June 4, 2024, to discuss how climate change is influencing insurance affordability, availability, and adequacy in North America. Specific topics that were addressed included concerns the insurance industry has including ones of which they may yet be unaware, factors that

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For Journalists: Mining Rebuild by Design’s Atlas of Accountability for Local Climate Disaster Stories

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024   |   1:00-2:00 p.m. ET All journalists welcome! As extreme weather continues to impact the U.S., Rebuild by Design, a climate adaptation research and planning organization based out of New York University, has launched the Atlas of Accountability, an interactive mapping tool designed to empower journalists, along with communities, planners and policymakers, to

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Pioneering Change: The Obel Award Recognizes Transformative Innovations Since 2019

Press

Arch Daily: The Obel Award is an international prize seeking to highlight unconventional and original initiatives within the architectural profession. Supported by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation, each annual award is centered around a specific theme. By exploring a different challenge of the built environment each year, the award remains open to a wide range of solutions and

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Crisi climatica: i piani anti-alluvione per Lower Manhattan

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Ingenio: New York City, come molte altre città del mondo, sta affrontando la difficile realtà del cambiamento climatico e dei suoi pesanti impatti sull’ambiente urbano. La “città che non dorme mai” è considerata infatti una delle metropoli più vulnerabili, sottoposta a tempeste intense, precipitazioni estreme e all’innalzamento del livello delle acque del mare. Gli uragani Sandy (2012) e Ida (2021) sono

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Double-whammy: How heavy rains and high tides hurt NYC’s Black and Brown neighborhoods

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Amsterdam News: Normally, Estefani Nuñez parks the small yellow school bus she drives each day by the side of her home in the Rosedale neighborhood in Queens. On the day before she knows it’s going to rain, she parks her school bus a block away. When it does rain, she puts on her tall black boots to

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