NYC and Climate Change Readings

Dear Students,

I’ve compiled some readings on the recent storm, as well as some really interesting NYC and NYState reports on Climate Change.  They are below.

NYC and Climate Change Readings
Prepared by Johannah Rodgers for NYCCT/CUNY
Updated November 4, 2012

Reports/White Papers

Union of Concerned Scientists:  Confronting Climate Change in the Northeast

MTA Report on Climate Change

Vision 2020: NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
(Chapter 3 of report deals specifically with Climate Change)

Some Recent Articles on How to Rebuild
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/after-getting-back-to-normal-the-big-job-is-to-face-a-new-reality.html?hp&_r=0

Some Recent Articles on the Storm

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/nov/01/hurricane-sandy-warning-science/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/the-article-that-predicted-the-new-york-subway-storm-surge-problem/264199/#
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-02/listening-to-hurricane-sandy-climate-change-is-here.html?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story

Some Recent Editorials

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/17/climate-change-arctic-melts-editorial

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/10/30/sandy-climate-change-politics/1670073/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-will-hurricane-sandy-be-our-wake-up-call/2012/11/01/eb50acd6-2447-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-comes-next-after-sandy/2012/10/31/e69d23ac-239f-11e2-ba29-238a6ac36a08_story.html

What You Can Do About Climate Change
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/what-you-can-do

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/global-warming-climate-change/help/tips-from-a-nature-conservancy-scientist.xml