The Center for Climate Solutions on Governors Island
Lower Manhattan seen from The Hills on Governors Island Over the past few years, New York City has been rocked by challenges that have demanded major policy initiatives to address them if the city is to remain a viable and vibrant urban center. Severe weather events, health emergencies, a pandemic-induced restructuring of the city’s economy, and growing social and economic disparity are merely some of the developments that have come to preoccupy politicians, planners, and administrators here. Climate change is perhaps the primary challenge facing the city, with its effects contributing to stronger and more intense storms dropping greater amounts of rain in short periods, along with increasing heat and… Read More »The Center for Climate Solutions on Governors Island