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I am so proud to be part of the team who released the New York City Panel for Climate Change's (NPCC) fourth report—a milestone document that details our city’s climate risks and opportunities as we move forward. This report is a product of the remarkable collaboration led by academic experts from across a broad spectrum. This expert panel is convened and supported by dedicated staff from the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) with help from a diverse group of leadership across City agencies. The NPCC will provide the research and data that we rely on to solve problems. Information on pluvial (from rain) and fluvial (from waterways) flooding allows us to figure out how to design infrastructure to prevent further hazards. The NPCC provides broad research we can use to think creatively about preserving the quality of life within our neighborhoods as we adapt to a variety of risks. #ClimateChange #Resilience #Sustainability #NYC #NPCC #MOCEJ

Thankful for the critical work of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). Looking forward NPCC4 confirms, with a high degree of certainty, that: ✅ NYC’s future will be warmer, with more extreme heat events, and wetter, with growing risks from intense rainfall and inland flooding. ✅ Compound and cascading events are likely to expose the city to increased climate risk. ✅ Addressing ongoing climate risks while also fostering a more resilient, equitable, and adaptable future will require multiple levels of cross-sectoral investment, innovation, and transformation. ✅ Future NPCCs will continue to benefit from interdisciplinary framings and broad engagement. These efforts need urgent consideration now, as well as a continued commitment throughout the coming years. We have more work to do, but under Mayor Adams’ leadership, NYC is meeting the moment to address #climatechange.

Big News for Earth Day 🌎🌲 The American Climate Corps is officially accepting applications! This is an historic step towards a more sustainable and resilient future. With more than 2,000 positions available across 36 states, DC, and Puerto Rico—and plans to expand to 20,000 this year—there's a wide range of opportunities for those passionate about conservation, clean energy, community resilience, and making a real impact on climate change. The American Climate Corps offers a unique chance to gain hands-on experience, learn valuable skills, and contribute to crucial environmental projects, and CivicSpark is proud to be an Implementing Partner. Our applications are open through June 14th -- join our upcoming informational webinar on May 2nd! https://bit.ly/fellowmay2 See positions now at ClimateCorps.gov and help tackle the climate crisis, one action at a time. Together, we can change the way we work for the world. #AmericanClimateCorps #ClimateCorpsUS #ClimateAction #EarthDay #ClimateCorps #Sustainability #CleanEnergyJobs #CareerOpportunity #MakeADifference 

Important updates regarding the new American Climate Corps program!🚨 The Biden-Harris Administration is hard at work preparing to launch the first cohort of the American Climate Corps by summer 2024. The program will provide hundreds of paid opportunities to tackle the climate crisis and advance environmental justice that we are building – from restoring watersheds and coastlines and creating urban parks and green spaces, to weatherizing homes and helping families save on their energy bills, to helping communities prepare for and recover from extreme climate disasters, and more. To gear up for a successful launch, the Biden-Harris Administration is hosting a series of virtual listening sessions to hear your ideas about how to shape this historic, groundbreaking initiative. Each listening session will last roughly 90 minutes and will feature a special guest and climate champion like Senator Ed Markey, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith, and more. See the link below to sign up for a listening session that is right for you! https://lnkd.in/exSGiNnf #ClimateCorpsHero #ActOnClimate #GreenJobsNow #BuildBackGreener #UnitedAgainstClimate #FLClimate #Florida #FloridaClimateCrisis #ResilientFuture

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has joined as the 15th member of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)! This builds on the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate agenda, which takes the most ambitious action in history to tackle the climate crisis. HUD brings a wealth of knowledge drawing from its work increasing climate resilience in low-income and climate-vulnerable communities, its experience preparing communities for and helping them respond to more frequent climate-related disasters, and its commitment to environmental justice. https://lnkd.in/eRPDK2Cu

Illinois faces serious—and sometimes overlooked—risks from climate change. "The good news," writes Dir. of Transportation Alex Hanson for the American Planning Association - Illinois Chapter, "is that there are unprecedented resources for communities across the state to leverage to reduce emissions." #climate #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateMitigation #transportation #FederalFunding #infrastructure

REMINDER: Tomorrow is the last webinar in our "Climate Resilience through Regeneration" series! Join us at 11am to learn from CalTrout's Sandra Jacobsen and our very own Katie Haldeman about the potential posed by climate-smart restoration projects in California https://buff.ly/4c3xw0D

Check out david roberts latest podcast to better understand the role of urban land use policy on the climate and in the energy transition. It was an honor to represent RMI's work with Rushad Nanavatty. Thanks for having us David! As Rushad said, we'd love your support accelerating urban land use reform. It has been seriously under-invested in as a climate solution, and we are seeking philanthropic partners who understand the necessity behind zoning reform; without it, we have no pathway to staying on course with a 1.5 °C-- or even 1.7°C future. We had a great team behind the our most recent state land use analysis: Jacob Korn Raghav Muralidharan Jackie Lombardi Anna Zetkulic and Zack Subin. AND we have so many more leading the charge in this space: Benjamin Holland U. Bryn Grunwald Miguel Moravec Andrew Veysey Ryan Warsing Alisa Petersen Julia Meisel Julia Thayne -- list non-exhaustive!! #volts #landuse #climate #states #cities #climatesolutions https://lnkd.in/gm2J53xK

Excited to be a co-author, along with Adrian Lue in the May AWPA Reporter magazine with an article about Toronto’s refreshed approach to climate resilience. This month’s issue was brought together by the amazing Kristina Hausmanis with a focus on Sustainability and Resilience, to help answer the big questions around how we plan, build, and rebuild in the context of uncertainty so that our infrastructure (roads, water, garbage, housing, etc.) continues to function effectively and equitably to preserve essential services during times of crisis - such as extreme weather.   https://lnkd.in/eanqBbDS

This is a such a major investment and aggregation of scientific talent for Colorado and Wyoming to address the profound challenges borne of #climatechange. The NSF ENGINES: Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine led by Mike Freeman & Alan Rudolph will be a huge force for commercialization of innovative solutions that support communities to monitor, mitigate, and adapt to climate impacts such as #aridification and #extremeweather events. From the beginning of the proposal process, this team organized a relavant and crucial network of partners: federal labs include the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NEON Program by Battelle, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. We look forward to helping the CO-WY Engine with their mission and connecting even more of the the dozens of federally-funded research labs in Colorado to their projects. See more about the group Mike and ALan organized including Universities & Academic Institutions, Corporate Partners, Innovation Incubators, Economic Development Orgs and Policy Partners and the launch of the Engine from Innosphere Ventures at https://lnkd.in/g53XGidM #sciencematters #climate #cleantech