ProJo: With seas rising, study will ask — is Providence’s hurricane barrier up to the task?
PROVIDENCE — When it was dedicated in 1966, the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier was considered a paragon of design. And in the nearly six decades since, it has done its job well, protecting downtown Providence from flooding caused by wind-driven…
Providence Resilience Partnership Announces $1M to Assess Climate Vulnerability of Fox Point Hurricane Barrier
Providence, RI – Working with the Office of US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the Providence Resilience Partnership (PRP) recently secured $1million in new funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to assess the climate vulnerability of the Fox Point…
Extreme weather, fueled by climate change, cost the U.S. $165 billion in 2022
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…
Rebuild by Design – Atlas of Disaster
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…
Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR)
FEMA and its partners launched the Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR), a free access, climate science modeling portal designed for community leaders offering localized data about future climate risks to conduct climate risk-informed analyses in order to support decision-making…
New NOAA Climate Guides Available
NOAA and its partners just released Implementing the Steps to Resilience: A Practitioner’s Guide, a free, practical guide to help communities and local governments incorporate climate risk and equity into their decision-making processes as they work on local climate resilience…