2020 Is Exposing Emergency Management Gaps
The events of 2020, and of the past few years, have exposed the need to bolster the nation’s emergency and disaster management capacity—a fact that is borne...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
NC's Missing the Big Picture on Climate Resilience
NC is applying for $168 million from HUD's CDBG-MIT fund. But NC is proposing to focus on a narrow range of projects and missing the larger opportunity to use t...
IPCC Report: Sea Level Rise Is a Present and Future Danger
The IPCC's Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) contains the most dire sea level rise projections ever made by the IPCC. Sea...
Dorian, Florence, Etc: The World at One Degree of Warming
Hurricane Dorian is the latest reminder of what the climate crisis looks like with just on degree C of warming. It’s little solace to hear that achieving the ...
$6.875 Billion Available for Climate Resilience from HUD
HUD has made $6.875 billion dollars available for climate resilience and disaster mitigation assistance. The long-awaited funding will go to nine states and fiv...
Climate Adaptation: A Growing Priority for NRDC
NRDC experts are headed to National Adaptation Forum this week, one of the most important gatherings of climate adaptation professionals in the United States....