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 […]
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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
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.
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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
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AP NEWS: Ninety percent of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. Some endured as many as 12 federally-declared disasters over those 11 years. More than 300 million people — 93% of the country’s population — live in these counties. Rebuild by Design,
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Boston Globe: Experts warn the world must urgently phase out fossil fuels to avert climate catastrophe. But ending production doesn’t seem to be in the energy industry’s plans. Two new reports, both released as world leaders wrap up international climate policy debates at the United Nations climate talks in Egypt, bring that dissonance into focus:
New York Times: The rising toll of climate change across the United States has been measured in lives lost, buildings destroyed and dollars spent on recovery. But a report released on Wednesday uses a different measure: Which parts of the country have suffered the greatest number of federally declared disasters? That designation is reserved for
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CNBC: Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday that calls for urgent investment in climate adaptation and hazard mitigation. During that same period, 29 states on average endured at least one federally declared disaster, according
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Politico: NEW YORK — The state has received more than $26 billion in federal relief over the last decade to recover from natural disasters, the most of any state, according to a new report calculating the national economic toll wrought from climate change. New York, Texas and Florida — three of the four largest states
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