Promoting Successful Local Coastal Resiliency Policies and Programs: Addressing Key Knowledge Gaps

  • On June 25, 2019
  • Workshops
CCURN hosted a series of workshops entitled Promoting Successful Local Coastal Resiliency Policies and Programs: Addressing Key Knowledge Gaps. They were held at Stony Brook University in Suffolk County, New York, and another at Monmouth University in New Jersey. The objective of the workshops was to bring together local practitioners and policy makers in the […]
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At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone

  • On June 19, 2019
  • Workshops
CCRUN and partners organized a conference on managed retreat, entitled “At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone”, hosted by the Climate Adaptation Initiative at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, which took place on June 19- 21, 2019. As one of the first major academia-led conferences on the subject, the event convened diverse […]
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NOAA Congressional Roundtable

  • On June 19, 2019
  • Events
On June 19, 2019, CCRUN hosted a NOAA Roundtable for Congressional Staffers: Building Partnerships for Resilient Communities. The event was held at The Point CDC, a community center in the Bronx, New York in New York’s 15th Congressional District. Approximately 40 local decision makers attended, including representations from the National Weather Weather, City of New […]
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Workshop on Correlated Extremes at Columbia University

  • On May 29, 2019
  • Workshops
The last few years have seen emerging recognition of the societal impacts associated with climate extremes that occur close together in space or time. There is also growing evidence that we may be approaching critical “tipping points” in the climate system. The close interconnectivity of systems and networks makes certain combinations of events especially hazardous […]
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New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) 10th Anniversary Event

  • On March 15, 2019
  • Events
On March 15, 2019, an event entitled “Science for Decision- Making in a Warmer World: 10 Years of the NPCC” was held at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. CCRUN researchers have played an integral role in the work of the NPCC, which was celebrated at this event. The summit also […]
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