Judy Huynh

New York City: The Big U

Green Builder Media: Rebuild by Design coupled innovation and global expertise with community insight to develop solutions to the most complex needs of the affected cities and regions. The result of this was a multi-billion-dollar New York City project called Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR), or its more-familiar name, “The Big U,” for its shape […]

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The Power Issue

Urban Omnibus: The stories we share below, reported from the imaginations of climate adaptation expert Amy Chester, CUNY professor and activist Ashley Dawson, and engineer Amalia Cuadra, describe how the march towards an environmentally just city is possible, even if it will be harrowing. New Yorkers tolerate the city’s last gas building holdouts, fight to

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There were never any climate havens: floods in the midwest, hurricanes in Appalachia

The Guardian: Back in 2014, Alaska, the Pacific north-west and the midwest were identified in the New York Times as “places that will fare much better than others”. Since then, record hot weather, worst-in-world air quality and bomb cyclones have proven such predictions wrong. From 2011 to 2024, “99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least

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Vermont, USA

Major disasters are occurring at an alarming rate and Vermonters are calling for action. In response to the extreme weather events Vermont faced in 2023, Rebuild by Design released the “Atlas of Disaster: Vermont,” highlighting 25 federally declared disasters between 2011 and 2024 and advocating for long-term infrastructure funding. These disasters have required significant federal

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Kentucky, USA

According to the Kentucky Lantern, communities across the state are facing escalating challenges from rising temperatures, extreme storms, and frequent flooding. These threats put communities, infrastructure, and the economy at risk. Despite these mounting pressures, Kentucky lacks a comprehensive statewide adaptation plan, underscoring the urgent need for strategic, coordinated action to build resilience.

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Latest Lower Manhattan resiliency project to guard against climate change nearing completion

AMNY: The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCRP) in Lower Manhattan is completing its final touches just in time for the summer season. The $296 million project is part of the 3.5-mile-long Battery Park City Resiliency (BPCR) three-part master plan, which will protect Battery Park City and the inland area of Lower Manhattan from

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Trump wants to cut more disaster recovery funding. Nearly every Congressional district has recently needed the money

Fast Company: It’s a move that threatens the entire country—and some Republican-led districts more so. Every single state has had at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather since 2011, according to Rebuild by Design, a project at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University that focuses in part on

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