05/27/2025FLOOD RISK = FINANCIAL RISK: NEW JERSEYAs sea levels rise and storms intensify, New Jersey faces mounting risks to its people, homes, communities, and economy. Nearly 1.3 million …
05/06/2025Best Practices for Voluntary Home Buyouts: Recommendations to NYS Office of Resilient Homes and CommunitiesIn partnership with national experts in climate migration, housing buyouts, and climate adaptation, Rebuild by Design published a white pape…
04/22/2025NYC Parks as Climate InfrastructureNew York City’s Parks are not just recreational spaces—they are vital infrastructure that can protect communities, reduce urban heat, and ma…
02/19/2025Atlas of Accountability: County-Level Federal Disaster Declarations (2011-2024)Between 2011 and 2024, 99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather, a…
02/03/2025Climate and Democracy Rebuild by Design is partnering with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to examine the implications of climate change on strategic efforts made b…
11/13/2024Rainproof NYC: Recommendations from the Working GroupsThe “Rainproofing New York City: Recommendations from the Working Groups,” report documents the recommendations that came out of the working…
10/27/2024Leverage Insurance to Support Climate InfrastructureRebuild by Design is collaborating with nonprofits and the private sector to explore innovative funding sources for resilient infrastructure…
09/27/2024Leveraging Bank’s Community Reinvestment Funding for Climate AdaptationRebuild by Design is working to drive investments in equitable climate infrastructure in low-to-moderate income communities under the new ch…
07/12/2024Atlas of Disaster: New Jersey Between 2011-2023, New Jersey experienced 14 climate disasters, leaving each of the state’s 21 counties with at least five disaster declarat…
05/29/2024Selling Flood Risk: NY In a stark revelation of the escalating climate crisis, Rebuild by Design's latest analysis of housing and climate data reveals that homes s…
05/27/2024Making Room for the Water Making Room for the Water is partnering with communities in lowland and upland neighborhoods, as well as a network of local and internationa…
04/29/2024NYS Adaptation Practitioners Network As the practice of climate adaptation grows organically across New York State and around the world, the planning and implementation of clima…