RIDEM is moving ahead with developing an application for EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) planning process and funding opportunity. This issue has been discussed at the last few EC4 Council meetings, but with application deadlines looming in early 2024, the time has come to identify priority projects the state can invest in to reduce…
According to a new report from First Street Foundation, a non-profit focused on weather risk research, the traditional “100 Year Flood” is now expected to happen every 25 years for 21 million Americans. In the most extreme cases – high risk counties that are home to over 1.3 million people – are expected to experience…
The PRP recently partnered with the City of Providence, Smith Hill Partners’ Initiative, and the Central Providence Health Equity Zone in a successful application for technical assistance from the USDOT’s Thriving Communities Program. Smith Hill is one of 64 neighborhoods across the country and the only one in RI that will receive technical support, planning…
Working closely with the City of Providence, Groundwork RI, Save The Bay and other partners, the PRP spurred funding for an innovative, co-learning project on climate resilience and habitat restoration to engage residents in South Providence and Washington Park. The three-year project will collaboratively examine the shoreline from Sassafras Cove to Collier Point Park, focusing…
The First Street Foundation recently unveiled their new wind model, a cutting-edge tool that provides detailed information on the likelihood and financial impacts of wind for all properties in the US. According to the 7th National Risk Assessment: Worsening Winds report, the Northeast region is expected to experience the greatest rise in tropical storm wind…
Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, heatwaves, and droughts, have had a widespread impact throughout the U.S. in recent years. Coinciding with the rise in global temperature, the frequency and intensity of these events have increased, causing severe damage. In 2022, the United States experienced 18 separate extreme weather disaster events, which resulted in significant…
The non-profit group, Rebuild by Design recently released a new report, “Atlas of Disaster” that uncovered startling data. The report shows 90% of US counties have met the cost threshold for a federal disaster declaration in the past decade. According to NOAA data, from 2017 to 2021 alone, a total of 89 climate-fueled events caused…