NYC Climate Adaptation Roadmap

HR&A supported the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) to develop the AdaptNYC initiative, including a Climate Adaptation Roadmap, a led a multi-disciplinary team to summarize and forecast climate impacts to New Yorkers through 2100, including how particular hazards (extreme heat, extreme storms, chronic flooding) will impact people’s health, homes, mobility, economy, culture, and community. The work addressed systemic and institutional racism disproportionately impacting New Yorkers of color.

Alongside the analysis we conducted with engineering firm Arcadis and local nonprofit planning firm Hester Street, we conducted stakeholder engagement which included an advisory group of environmental justice advocacy organizations to elevate historically marginalized and disinvested communities. With these quantitative and qualitative inputs, HR&A designed a prioritization framework to equip City staff with tools to evaluate potential policy pathways for climate adaptation, centered on racial and social equity.
 
HR&A supported the development of a public-facing website that makes climate science and New York City’s adaptation measures accessible to New Yorkers.