Update for an INC project – Feedback welcome! For several months John and I have been studying what’s known and done about “managed retreat,” to understand how US cities might be prompted to adopt this ignored strategy for climate adaptation. We’ve developed some initial ideas, a…
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Update for an INC project – Feedback welcome! For the past few months. John and I have been working with partners at Meister Consultants Group and Ramboll to understand the challenges and opportunities facing cities trying to fund their climate adaptation plans. It’s no secret that…
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For a week an iceberg as tall as the Statue of Liberty filled the villagers of Innaarsuit, Greenland, with existential dread. Photo: Magnus Kristensen/Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters Climate Change and the Giant Iceberg Off Greenland’s Shore By Carolyn Kormann “For a week, an iceberg as colossal as it is…
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The US Water Alliance’s new report, Advancing One Water Through Arts and Culture: A Blueprint for Action, offers a compelling framework, loaded with examples. of how system change agents can partner with artists. In this case, water-management systems are the target, but much of the USWA…
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Doing research on the development of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure in cities around the world prompted a question: how did the first gasoline-filling stations become about? Once upon a time, there were no filling stations and no gas-powered vehicles. That was in the late 1800s–a situation much…
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