Over the past several years, many high-profile events – most notably Hurricane Sandy in 2012 – demonstrated how vulnerable the urban Northeast corridor is to weather and climate extremes. These recent events and future climate projections have helped foster awareness among decision-makers and scientists that much more work is needed to plan for climate change impacts on the diverse and interconnected communities and infrastructure systems characterizing the region.
Cities and medium and smaller sized communities throughout the urban Northeast have pioneered efforts to plan and implement a variety of adaptation strategies to enhance climate resilience, with many contributions from the CCRUN team.