National Geographic: Flash flooding in New York City. Sinking coasts in Louisiana. To guard against the effects of climate change, these communities are turning to bivalves. This year has been a year of record-breaking weather. The summer of 2023 was the hottest in history followed by September being the warmest on record by a wide […]
Could Billions of Oysters Protect us From the Next Big Storm? Read More »
Vital City: New York must do much more to protect itself from torrential rains. New Yorkers have once again been reminded that climate change is here, and we are unprepared. At the end of September, eight inches of rain forced our city to a standstill. Yet it doesn’t have to be like this.Our aging sewer
The Floods Next Time Read More »
Neeyati Johnson is the Network Manager for the New York State Adaptation Practitioners Network at Rebuild by Design. Through coordination and convening, the Network brings together organizations in New York working on climate adaptation to share knowledge, develop relationships, and build their collective capacity. Previously, Johson worked on the Nature Conservancy New York Cities Team
NEEYATI JOHNSON, NETWORK MANAGER Read More »
Rifal Imam is the Rainproof NYC Fellow at Rebuild by Design, supporting strategy, research, and policy to ensure New York City’s equitably adapts to increasing have rainfall. Through her experience in multidisciplinary research, stakeholder engagement, and community outreach, she’s working on community education, stakeholder collaboration engagements, and systemic policy changes and implementation. Rifal previously worked
RIFAL IMAM, RAINPROOF NYC FELLOW Read More »
Joie Zhang is the Outreach Coordinator at Rebuild by Design, supporting research and outreach with government, coalitions, and funder stakeholders to utilize the “Atlas of Disaster”. As a design researcher and service designer, Zhang is passionate about working at the intersection of community-centered design, climate justice, and innovation, to better understand what motivates public buy-in. Previously, she worked
JOIE ZHANG, ATLAS OF DISASTER COORDINATOR Read More »
Join Rebuild by Design in partnership with the New York Disaster Interfaith Services, NYC VOAD, and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Faith-based & Community Partnerships on September 13th for A Preparedness Forum for NYC Religious and Community Leaders. The summit will gather NYC faith & community leaders to explore how to better serve our communities
Judy Huynh is a Research and Design Assistant at Rebuild by Design designing state-level resources to educate and engage local organizations, policy makers and elected officials. With a background in Urban Design from the University of Waterloo and currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Urban Planning at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School
JUDY HUYNH, RESEARCH AND DESIGN ASSISTANT Read More »
This report tells the story of how Rebuild by Design’s partnerships with the private sector gave way to the creation of Atlas of Disaster – a report that clearly lays out, through maps and data, the physical and economic impact of major disasters between 2011-2021.
Leveraging Private Sector Relationships to Scale Mission-Driven Work Read More »
How will climate change radically transform our lives? How has climate change already influenced where people will live and where people will have to leave? Join Rebuild by Design, the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Climigration Network, the Climate Museum and The Nature Conservancy for a conversation between
Book Talk: The Great Displacement Read More »
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