I had no idea that NYC was taking such a pro-active approach to climate adaptation. When I read stories like this, which also discusses how other major cities in the world are making similar plans for a hotter, more turbulent climate, I can't help but wonder if climate change debate has broken off into two parallel tracks: one focused entirely on mitigation, which dominates public discourse, and the other focused on banal matters such as building codes and floodplain maps, which takes place in bureaucratic agencies. As this excerpt makes clear, not everyone is waiting to see what comes out of Copenhagen:
An Adaptation Task Force, made up of some 20 city departments, New York State and interstate authorities, and power and communications industries, has begun developing an inventory of infrastructures at risk. Working with local communities they hope to develop strategies "” from keeping development away from the waterfront, ...
