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OneNYC 2050
April 2019
OneNYC 2050 is the long-term strategic plan for the City of New York, New York - which is based on values of equity, growth, sustainability, resiliency, and diversity and inclusion. Building on prior long-term plans, OneNYC 2050 seeks to raise the bar set by its predecessors, PlaNYC (2007, 2011) and OneNYC (2015), by seeking to strengthen the democratic foundations of the city as it addresses climate change, equity issues, resilient infrastructure, and an inclusive economy - and become carbon neutral by year 2050.
Resource Category: Planning
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Lower Manhattan, New York Climate Resilience Study
March 2019
Building on the recovery and climate planning efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New York State and City funded the Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study to identify adaptation and resilience strategies for Lower Manhattan - which is a critical economic, cultural, and civic hub for New York City and the region. Led by the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, this study included a climate risk analysis of the area and identified approximately $500 million worth of short- and long-term investments in coastal resilience projects.
Resource Category: Solutions
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NYSERDA Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan
January 31, 2019
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Environmental Research Program includes a focal Research Area of Climate Change Adaptation. This document focuses on the climate change adaptation component of the program’s comprehensive research plan. NYSERDA’s adaptation research aims to provide “a scientific foundation for formulating effective, equitable, energy-related environmental policies and resource management practices that can guide strategies to prepare for a changing climate.
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Building Bridges: A Community-Based Stewardship Study for an Equitable East River Park
December 2018
Building Bridges reports on the findings and recommendations of the research conducted by The Trust for Public Land and James Lima Planning + Development to identify a new socially equitable and climate resilient stewardship model for the East River Park area along the Lower Manhattan waterfront in New York City. Under the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project, the East River Park area is the first section of the large-scale BIG U project which will install infrastructure and remodel the landscape surrounding Lower Manhattan to protect it from sea level rise and other coastal climate hazards.
Resource Category: Solutions
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Mid-Atlantic Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework Project
October 2018
This U. S. Forest Service report develop provides an assessment of the vulnerability of forest ecosystems in the Mid-Atlantic region and was designed to help resource managers incorporate climate change considerations into management practices. The report synthesizes the best available scientific information on climate change and forest ecosystems, focusing on a study area including 60 million acres of land across eastern Maryland, southern New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Of this area, about 32 million acres are forested.
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Building Gulf Coast Resilience - Lessons from the Hurricane Sandy Recovery
August 1, 2018
This report on Hurricane Sandy Recovery is part of a series of case studies that the Georgetown Climate Center developed to inform efforts to implement innovative restoration projects in the Gulf Coast region after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The synthesis report, Building Gulf Coast Resilience: Opportunities After Deep Water Horizon, and accompanying case studies present lessons for improving coordination among state and federal decisionmakers, expediting environmental review and permitting, and accounting for climate impacts in the design and management of restoration projects.
Author or Affiliated User: Jessica Grannis
Resource Category: Solutions
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Climate Change Resilience Strategies for Buildings in New York State
June 2018
From the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning’s Resilient Buildings Laboratory this report identifies 25 resilience strategies for managing climate impacts to building infrastructure throughout the state. The purpose of the report is to provide relevant state agencies, local policymakers, engineers, planners, as well as communities with more information and case studies on how to make built areas and infrastructure more resilient to climate-related impacts.
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OneNYC 2018 Progress Report
May 2018
One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City (OneNYC), is the City’s strategic plan for population growth, sustainability, equity, and climate resilience. In 2015, New York City committed to becoming the most sustainable big city in the world, and a global leader in mitigating and adapting to climate change with this plan. The 2018 Progress Report details many achievements across all categories of OneNYC in the last three years, including a number of projects and strategies aimed at climate resilience.
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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NYC Climate Just Agenda 2018 - Midway to 2030: Building Resiliency and Equity for a Just Transition
April 18, 2018
The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) has developed strategies for New York City and State decision makers to better integrate social equity measures into climate change mitigation and adaptation. The report focuses on four priority climate policy areas of: Extreme Heat and Community Preparedness, Air Quality, Green Infrastructure Equity, and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.
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New York City Climate Resiliency Design Guidelines
April 2018
In April 2018, New York City released new Climate Resiliency Design Guidelines that apply to all City capital projects, aside from coastal protection projects. The guidelines direct planners, engineers, architects, and others involved in project delivery on how to use regionally-specific future climate projections in the design of City facilities.
Resource Category: Law and Governance


