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Climate change and New York City

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    'Climate refugees will always consider New York a safe haven. We have to develop a permanent settlement program that gets refugees involved in our communities.'

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    NYC Homeowners Face Huge Unknowns as Flood Insurance Changes Loom

    City Limits is participating along with hundreds of news organizations around the world on climate-related stories in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Summit. More at #CoveringClimateNow.

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    City Limits is participating along with hundreds of news organizations around the world on climate-related stories in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Summit. More at #CoveringClimateNow.

  • Climate Change Poses Serious Challenges for City’s Natural Areas

    City Limits is participating along with hundreds of news organizations around the world on climate-related stories in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Summit. More at #CoveringClimateNow.

  • Protecting Biodiversity in the Big Apple

    Join City Limits for a panel discussion on the intersection of climate change, urban growth, and policy choices in NYC. As the impact of climate change begins to register more dramatically around the world, the effect of rising global temperatures on the plant and animal world is a growing cause for concern.

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    In June, City Limits wrote about a development proposal in the Mariners Harbor neighborhood of Staten Island that would include a BJ’s store, a gas station and a parking lot next to several acres of wetlands. The City Council and City Planning Commission approved the proposal back in 2017, apparently satisfied by steps the developer agreed to take to protect the wetlands.

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    Climate change is an existential threat. To fight it, one of our most crucial weapons is denser land use, which allows for car-free living and reduced building energy use.

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    Last weekend in New York City, the heat index, or the measure of how hot it feels when humidity is factored in with air temperature, reached 110 degrees. OZY Fest in Central Park and the New York Triathlon were cancelled, and nearly 50,000 people lost electricity as the oppressive heat wave wracked the city.

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    Years from now, the past week might look like a sample of what climate change will mean to New York City. Extreme heat.

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