Climate Insider: Arlene Phipps’ string of bad luck started the night Hurricane Sandy crashed into New York’s coast. Fierce winds pelted Phipps’ two-story home on New York City’s Rockaway Peninsula that day in 2012, and sea water flooded the first floor, where she ran her daycare center. The damage was so extensive, the city condemned the […]
Rebuild has created a model that will streamline support for equitable investments in resilient infrastructure and restoration. This initiative came to fruition in April through the passing of a $3B Environmental Bond Act for New York State. Unfortunately, much like many other plans for 2020, the vote on the Bond Act has since been postponed to 2021.
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Times Union: THE ISSUE: While governments and society are focused on other issues, the planet continues to warm dangerously. THE STAKES: The window for averting the most dire consequences grows ever narrower. There’s a poignant symbolism in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision this past week to pull the $3 billion Restore Mother Nature Bond Act from
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Places Journal: In 1839, if you wanted to take a boat from coastal Matagorda, Texas, to the inland town of Wharton, you would have had a problem. A massive tangle of trunks, roots, and branches, colonized by silt and new live trees, jammed the river for miles. Such log rafts were common on rivers that crossed
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City Limits: When New Yorkers cast their ballots in November’s presidential race, they will also have a chance to vote on a $3 billion bond act that, advocates say, gives the metropolitan region a chance to be ready for the higher seas and stronger storms that climate change will almost certainly send its way. Right
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Tue, July 7, 2020 – 12:00pm (3:00pm EDT) Exploring a New Future – Resilient by Design Where do we go from here? What is our vision for a resilient future in a new reality? How will we ensure equity and health for all? Hosted via Zoom Webinars. Click here to register.(link is external) Speaker details to follow.
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Tue, June 30, 2020 – 12:00pm Thinking Beyond the Traffic Lane Envisioning Multi-Benefit Solutions for Major Transportation Climate Adaptation Projects Hosted via Zoom Webinars. Click here to register. (link is external) Speaker details to follow.
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Resilient by Design 2-Year Anniversary Webinar Series: Integrating Regional-Scale Vulnerability Analysis with Community-Driven Solutions Tue, June 23, 2020 – 12:00pm PST (3:00pm EST) Integrating Regional-Scale Vulnerability Analysis with Community-Driven Solutions Adapting to Rising Tides Bay Area and Community-based Strategies to Address Vulnerabilities Hosted via Zoom Webinars. Click here to register. (link is external) Speaker details to follow.
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Resilient by Design 2-Year Anniversary Webinar Series: The Role of Creeks and Natural Shoreline Solutions in Resiliency Tue, June 16, 2020 – 12:00pm PST (3:00pm EST) Applying Local Learning to a Regional Context – The Role of Creeks and Natural Shoreline Solutions in Resiliency Regional Governance, Planning, and Financing for Adaptation, Part II: Colma Creek
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Tue, June 2, 2020 – 12:00pm (3:00pm EST)Click here to register 2 Years Later Designer Roundtable – What is this Remarkable Moment We Find Ourselves In? The Role of Design in Climate Adaptation & Resiliency Moderator: Cathy J. Simon, FAIA, Architecture + Urbanism Speakers: Claire Weisz, WXY Josiah Cain, Sherwood Engineering Kevin Conger, CMG Marcel
