Chinatown was hurt during Hurricane Sandy, with many non-English speaking elderly stranded in high rises without water, lights, heat, or elevators. What future plans for the historic neighborhood are best, as projections for sea level rise increase?
‘2016 marks the point where we realize that climate change is deeply intertwined with problems like poverty, inequality, and the long-term sustainability of the planet.’
Let’s assume Landmarks Preservation designation for the entire city – what would be necessary to keep it above water at the end of the century?
In recent years, science and policy have been catching up with Andrew Willner’s vision for a sustainable harbor.
“Museums are leaders, and we’re asking them to demonstrate their leadership.”
The Power Rockaways Resilience team developed cultural knowledge so valuable that it led to an award from the White House.
Marshall Herskovitz is a Hollywood producer, director and screenwriter who has also served as president of the Producers Guild of America (2006 – 2010). His credits include films such as “Traffic,” “The Last Samurai,” and “Blood Diamond.”
“This is not about just incremental change. This is about whole system change. And this applies to all of us, whatever sphere of influence we have.”
Citizens Climate Lobby aims to price carbon, solve climate change, and to do it in a way that crosses American political barriers. Founded by a Texan, after the creek behind his childhood home dried up.
“An ounce of laws is worth 10,000 pounds of rhetoric.”
Being at one of the booths of the IDEAS CITY festival was nothing like I expected it to be.
James White explains that the future of the city depends on how the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets melt in a warmer climate, and on what we do to slow the process down.
“We’re educating students who will go out into the world and have 60 years or more of productive and engaged life. What is the world going to be like 60 years from now?”
By the time college freshmen graduate in 2018, we’ll know whether we’ve moved quickly enough on climate agreements and behavior change to stay within the 2°C target.
Ella Chou, an energy consultant and an expert on energy in both the China and the U.S., spoke with City Atlas about China’s energy future, North American energy independence, fracking, and the relationship between China and the U.S.
Michael Premo, artist and activist, spoke to City Atlas about the power of sharing stories, the future of New York as a waterfront city and place for artists, and the importance of home.
City Atlas sits down with Gay Talese to learn his thoughts about the future and the past of New York City, which has been his home for 60 years.
Eddie Bautista, Executive Director of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, has spent a lifetime committed to empowering New York’s low-income communities of color.