Climate change adaptation in New York city: building a risk management response

Climate change has the potential to affect everyday life in New York City. Environmental conditions as we experience them today will shift, exposing the city and its residents to new hazards and heightened risks; we will be challenged by increasing temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and more intense and frequent extreme events. While mitigation actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions will help to decrease the magnitude and impact of future changes, they will not prevent climate change from occurring altogether. Given the impacts of climate change and the high costs and long-termplanning needed to adapt effectively, it is essential that investments be made today to begin the adaptation process. Taking action now will limit damages and costs through the coming decades and, in many cases, can provide near termbenefits and operational cost savings. Prepared by the New York City Panel onClimate Change, this report outlines the need for early and ongoing adaptation actions in New York and suggests approaches to create an effective adaptation program.

• ISBN: 978-1-57331-800-6
• Editorial: New York Academy of Science
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 13/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés