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…
Billion-Dollar Disasters in 2022
As of October 2022, the U.S. experienced 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters well above the historical average of seven events per year. The 15 weather-related events amounted to $29.3B but this does not reflect the full toll on the…
ProJo Oped: To Win federal climate funds, RI must plan for it
The 730 pages of the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act include a veritable smorgasbord of climate policy initiatives. Looking for “clean energy” and transportation electrification incentives to transform our economy? They’re in there. Methane and greenhouse gas reduction programs? Yes indeed. What…
Providence’s Labor Day Flooding
On Monday September 5, 2022, Rhode Island was stunned by the flash floods following nearly 11 inches of excessive rainfall over much of southern New England. The City of Providence received around 8 inches of rain, which led to the…
Convergence RI | In the gathering storm on climate, how do we act together?
By: Richard Asinof PROVIDENCE –Do you pay heed to any of the natural weather signs around you?Are you apt to give providence [pun intended] to when you see dark cloud formations gathering on the horizon with your own eyes?Do you roll down…