ClimateChangeAdaptationinNewYorkCity:BuildingaRiskManagementResponse

作者: New York City Panel on Climate Change 著

出版社: JohnWiley

出版时间: 2010-07

ISBN: 9781573318006

定价: 305.80

装帧: 平装

页数: 328页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: AnnalsoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciences

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>自然科学

Climate change has the potential to affect everyday life in New York City. Environmental conditions as we experience them today will shift, exposing the city and its residents to new hazards and heightened risks; we will be challenged by increasing temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and more intense and frequent extreme events. While mitigation actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions will help to decrease the magnitude and impact of future changes, they will not prevent climate change from occurring altogether. Given the impacts of climate change and the high costs and long–term planning needed to adapt effectively, it is essential that investments be made today to begin the adaptation process. Taking action now will limit damages and costs through the coming decades and, in many cases, can provide near term benefits and operational cost savings. Prepared by the New York City Panel on Climate Change, this report outlines the need for early and ongoing adaptation actions in New York and suggests approaches to create an effective adaptation program.New York City Panel on Climate ChangeCynthia Rosenzweig (co–chair), NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA GISS)/Columbia UniversityEarth Institute Center for Climate Systems Research (Columbia EI CCSR)William Solecki (co–chair), CUNYInstitute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College (CUNY CISC)Reginald Blake, CUNY, New York City College of TechnologyMalcolm Bowman, SUNY, Stony BrookAndrew Castaldi, Swiss Reinsurance America CorporationCraig Faris, AccentureVivien Gornitz, NASA Goddard Institute for Space StudiesKlaus Jacob, Columbia Earth InstituteAlice LeBlanc, ConsultantRobin Leichenko, Rutgers UniversityMegan Linkin, Swiss Reinsurance America CorporationEdna Sussman, SussmanADR, LCCGary Yohe, Wesleyan UniversityRae Zimmerman, New York UniversityScience Planning TeamMegan O′Grady (Project Manager), Columbia EI CCSRLesley Patrick (Project Manager), CUNY CISCDavid Major (Lead, Adaptation Planning), Columbia EI CCSRRadley Horton (Lead, Climate Science), Columbia EI CCSR/NASA GISSDaniel Bader, Columbia EI CCSRRichard Goldberg, Columbia EI CCSRMichael Brady, CUNY CISCMayor′s Office of Long–term Planning & SustainabilityAdam Freed, Deputy DirectorAaron Koch, Policy AdvisorNOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full–text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member. John Rizzo is a popular computer industry columnist, editor, and blogger who covers Macintosh and cross-platform topics. His blog, MacWindows.com, is the web's largest news and information source for Mac and Windows integration issues. Introduction 1
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Climate change has the potential to affect everyday life in New York City. Environmental conditions as we experience them today will shift, exposing the city and its residents to new hazards and heightened risks; we will be challenged by increasing temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and more intense and frequent extreme events. While mitigation actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions will help to decrease the magnitude and impact of future changes, they will not prevent climate change from occurring altogether. Given the impacts of climate change and the high costs and long–term planning needed to adapt effectively, it is essential that investments be made today to begin the adaptation process. Taking action now will limit damages and costs through the coming decades and, in many cases, can provide near term benefits and operational cost savings. Prepared by the New York City Panel on Climate Change, this report outlines the need for early and ongoing adaptation actions in New York and suggests approaches to create an effective adaptation program.New York City Panel on Climate ChangeCynthia Rosenzweig (co–chair), NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA GISS)/Columbia UniversityEarth Institute Center for Climate Systems Research (Columbia EI CCSR)William Solecki (co–chair), CUNYInstitute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College (CUNY CISC)Reginald Blake, CUNY, New York City College of TechnologyMalcolm Bowman, SUNY, Stony BrookAndrew Castaldi, Swiss Reinsurance America CorporationCraig Faris, AccentureVivien Gornitz, NASA Goddard Institute for Space StudiesKlaus Jacob, Columbia Earth InstituteAlice LeBlanc, ConsultantRobin Leichenko, Rutgers UniversityMegan Linkin, Swiss Reinsurance America CorporationEdna Sussman, SussmanADR, LCCGary Yohe, Wesleyan UniversityRae Zimmerman, New York UniversityScience Planning TeamMegan O′Grady (Project Manager), Columbia EI CCSRLesley Patrick (Project Manager), CUNY CISCDavid Major (Lead, Adaptation Planning), Columbia EI CCSRRadley Horton (Lead, Climate Science), Columbia EI CCSR/NASA GISSDaniel Bader, Columbia EI CCSRRichard Goldberg, Columbia EI CCSRMichael Brady, CUNY CISCMayor′s Office of Long–term Planning & SustainabilityAdam Freed, Deputy DirectorAaron Koch, Policy AdvisorNOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full–text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.
作者简介:
John Rizzo is a popular computer industry columnist, editor, and blogger who covers Macintosh and cross-platform topics. His blog, MacWindows.com, is the web's largest news and information source for Mac and Windows integration issues.
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