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Google - Environmental Insights Explorer Tree Canopy Lab

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Google - Environmental Insights Explorer Tree Canopy Lab

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Impact begins with insights. Explore data to make informed decisions and inspire action.

Explore estimated carbon emissions from transportation and buildings, rooftop solar energy potential, and NASA climate forecasts, derived from Google's proprietary data and leading data sources.

In partnership with Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

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Google Sustainability

Explore all of Google's sustainability initiatives. Visit sustainability.google

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Impact begins with insights. Explore data to make informed decisions and inspire action. Explore estimated carbon emissions from transportation and buildings, rooftop solar energy potential, and NASA climate forecasts, derived from Google's proprietary data and leading data sources. In partnership with Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

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RAND - Developing Future Projected Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves

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RAND - Developing Future Projected Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves

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A Technical Report on Data, Methods, and IDF Curves for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Virginia

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RAND - Managing Heavy Rainfall with Green Infrastructure: An Evaluation in Pittsburgh's Negley Run Watershed

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RAND - Managing Heavy Rainfall with Green Infrastructure: An Evaluation in Pittsburgh's Negley Run Watershed

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RAND - Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)

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RAND - Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)

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Heitman / Arup / Milliman - Climate Risk & Real Estate

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Heitman / Arup / Milliman - Climate Risk & Real Estate

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Climate Risk and Real Estate: Emerging Practices for Market Assessment - New Report from ULI and Heitman

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A report by the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global multidisciplinary real estate organization, and Heitman LLC (Heitman), a global real estate investment management firm, finds that real estate investors have expanded their analysis of climate risk to explore impacts at the market-level.

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KTGY - The Branches, High Performance Multifamily Design

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KTGY - The Branches, High Performance Multifamily Design

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First Street Foundation / Arup - The 4th National Risk Assessment Climbing Commercial Closures

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First Street Foundation / Arup - The 4th National Risk Assessment Climbing Commercial Closures

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First Street Foundation and Arup release report that arms commercial property owners with new data to better prepare for flooding

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First Street Foundation and Arup release report that arms commercial property owners with new data to better prepare for flooding

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A new report from First Street Foundation and global engineering and consulting firm Arup provides new insights for communities at risk of flooding. While previous studies by First Street Foundation have provided flood risk data for individual homeowners, this report offers a data-driven assessment of flood-related risks on the commercial market. Titled " The 4th National Risk Assessment: Climbing Commercial Closures," the report employs novel techniques to assess the risk of flood damage to 3.6 million retail, office, and multi-unit residential properties across the United States and related economic impacts, considering today's climate and the changes anticipated to happen over the next 30 years.

The report identifies the economic impact to metropolitan areas and states from lost days of productivity and output caused by damage to retail and office buildings as well as the associated closures due to repair times. Altogether, the report provides investors, business owners, financial institutions, and economists with crucial data on the extent of flood risk to commercial and multi-unit residential properties and helps to quantify economic loss associated with that risk in ways not previously possible.

Key findings from the report include:

A total of 729,699 retail, office, and multi-unit residential properties face risk of flood damage in the contiguous United States

The annual costs to repair or replace damaged buildings could grow by roughly 25% from $13.5 billion in 2022 to over $16.9 billion by 2052 due to climate change

Flood damage to commercial buildings could result in 3.1 million days of lost business operation in 2022 due to repairs, growing to 4 million days by 2051 - an increase of 29%

Damage to commercial buildings has both revenue and downstream consequences for metropolitan areas and states. The annualized financial impact to local economies is expected to grow by 26.5% from $49.9 billion in 2022 to $63.1 billion in 2052

Commercial real estate supports the economic heart of American cities and multi-unit residential properties also play an important part in keeping the economy moving by housing members of America's workforce, many of whom have had to work from home during the pandemic. As the frequency and severity of floods accelerate along with the changing climate, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the total risk posed to these buildings and understanding the uneven effects of climate change across different metros and states is vital. This study is arming individual commercial and multi-unit residential property owners, investors, and policy makers with important data, which can be used to guide investment, adaptation measures, and policy change.

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First Street Foundation and Arup release report that arms commercial property owners with new data to better prepare for flooding

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A new report from First Street Foundation and global engineering and consulting firm Arup provides new insights for communities at risk of flooding. While previous studies by First Street Foundation have provided flood risk data for individual homeowners, this report offers a data-driven assessment of flood-related risks on the commercial market.

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Arup - City of Columbus releases first-ever climate action plan led by Arup

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Arup - City of Columbus releases first-ever climate action plan led by Arup

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Columbus, Ohio releases expansive climate action plan, an Arup-led roadmap, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

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The wide-ranging plan puts forward actions necessary to reduce GHG emissions and outlines preventative measures for the impacts of climate change, including increasingly hotter days and stronger, more frequent rainstorms.

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Arup - NYCHA releases ambitious update to its Sustainability Agenda with Arup guiding a resident-centric focus

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Arup - NYCHA releases ambitious update to its Sustainability Agenda with Arup guiding a resident-centric focus

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Arup supports NYCHA’s ambitious update to its Sustainability Agenda - Arup

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Arup is celebrating the release of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Sustainability Agenda 2021, the agency’s roadmap and commitment for creating healthier, safer, and more comfortable homes for its residents.

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Arup - Massachusetts releases first-of-its-kind decarbonization roadmap that includes research and findings by Arup

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Arup - Massachusetts releases first-of-its-kind decarbonization roadmap that includes research and findings by Arup

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Arup develops Massachusetts’ first-its-kind decarbonization roadmap - Arup

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Arup is celebrating the release of the Massachusetts 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap, a benchmark report that will help the Commonwealth meet its goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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AECOM - The Future of Infrastructure Sustainable Legacies: COP26 Report

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AECOM - The Future of Infrastructure Sustainable Legacies: COP26 Report

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AECOM - Islais Creek Southeast Mobility Adaptation Strategy

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AECOM - Islais Creek Southeast Mobility Adaptation Strategy

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AECOM - Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study

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AECOM - Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study

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AECOM / ULI - The Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida

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AECOM / ULI - The Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida

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EPA’s Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

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EPA’s Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

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Mill Creek Resiliency Building Greenhouse Gas Impacts of building materials and operation

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Mill Creek Resiliency Building Greenhouse Gas Impacts of building materials and operation

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The mission of the Coastal Forum is to convene, collect, and share best practices and emerging market trends in coastal real estate development and community resilience, focusing on strategies to protect and strengthen communities at risk due to sea level rise, storms, and other climate hazards through innovative infrastructure and real estate projects within coastal areas.

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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) will support states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards. BRIC is a new FEMA pre-disaster hazard mitigation program that replaces the existing Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program.

The BRIC program guiding principles are supporting communities through capability- and capacity-building; encouraging and enabling innovation; promoting partnerships; enabling large projects; maintaining flexibility; and providing consistency.

Before, When and After You Apply for BRIC Funding

Get the answers to your questions about applying for BRIC funding as you navigate through the application process from start to finish.

Summer Engagement Series

This July, we hosted a Summer Engagement Series to discuss key elements of the newly developed BRIC program.

View recordings and presentations from the sessions describing the program and how it relates to building codes, Community Lifelines, nature-based solutions and more.

Reducing Risk through Hazard Mitigation

The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program aims to categorically shift the federal focus away from reactive disaster spending and toward research-supported, proactive investment in community resilience. FEMA anticipates BRIC funding projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to partnerships, such as shared funding mechanisms, and/or project design. For example, an innovative project may bring multiple funding sources or in-kind resources from a range of private and public sector stakeholders or offer multiple benefits to a community in addition to the benefit of risk reduction.

Through BRIC, FEMA will continue to invest in a variety of mitigation activities with an added focus on infrastructure projects and Community Lifelines.

Additional Resources

BRIC Timeline

This graphic illustrates the process and timing of the BRIC roll out.

Since the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA) was signed into law, FEMA has been working to develop the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.

FEMA published notice of the BRIC proposed policy in the Federal Register for public comment, which closed on May 11, 2020.

While FEMA is finalizing the BRIC policy, a NOFO was released on August 4, 2020. The NOFO is posted on grants.gov and provides detailed program information and other grant application and administration requirements.

The application period to apply for fiscal year 2020 BRIC funding was opened on September 30, 2020. There is $500 million available in BRIC funding. For more detailed information on applying, visit the NOFO webpage. FEMA encourages applications for BRIC funding before the deadline on January 29, 2021 at 3 p.m.* Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered for funding. Project selections for awards is anticipated in Summer 2021.

(*Applicants may have earlier deadlines for sub-applicants. For local governments and state and tribal agencies, please contact your State Hazard Mitigation Officer to learn about the applicant's priorities, deadlines, and additional requirements.)

Summary of Stakeholder Feedback

To support the development of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, FEMA engaged in a comprehensive stakeholder engagement process in 2019 that leveraged an online crowd-sourcing platform, virtual and in-person listening sessions. FEMA heard from federal, state, tribal, and territorial stakeholders, as well as local partners, and members of the general public about the challenges they face in implementing mitigation projects and recommendations for how BRIC can be responsive to their mitigation needs at all levels of government.

In total, FEMA received 75 formal letters and approximately 5,000 comments with feedback from engagements and emails. The stakeholder feedback was compiled into a 72-page summary that provides information about the concerns expressed by stakeholders and their recommendations to address those concerns.

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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)

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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) will support states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards. BRIC is a new FEMA pre-disaster hazard mitigation program that replaces the existing Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program.

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NIBS - Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report

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NIBS - Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report

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Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report | National Institute of Building Sciences

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Natural disasters are growing in frequency and strength.

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The National Risk Index is a new, online mapping application from FEMA that identifies communities most at risk to 18 natural hazards. This application visualizes natural hazard risk metrics and includes data about expected annual losses from natural hazards, social vulnerability and community resil…

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SOA/Milliman - Residential Flood Risk in the United States

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SOA/Milliman - Residential Flood Risk in the United States

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ULI's Urban Resilience Program works to help communities prepare for increased climate risk and enable them to thrive going forward.

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On the Move: Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment

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On the Move: Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment

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On the Move: Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment | Urban Land Institute

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How do real estate investors account for climate migration today? How does climate migration impact real estate valuation and investment? What tools and strategies can be leveraged to assess and address climate migration and its impacts on markets?

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has partnered with Heitman, a global real estate investment management firm, over the past three years to conduct research at the intersection of climate risk and real estate. This third report in the series examines climate migration through the lens of real estate investment decision-making. While investors increasingly recognize the urgency that climate change poses through both physical and transitional risks and are beginning to factor climate risk into decision-making processes, climate migration is an emerging facet not yet fully considered in the investment landscape.

Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making demonstrates how climate-related migration may impact the real estate sector in several ways, creating significant challenges for investors and the broader community of land use professionals. Drawing on insights from investors and aligned professionals, the report reviews how investors are beginning to define and address climate migration-related risks. The report presents a 2-step investment decision-making framework for analyzing key climate migration-related risk factors and urges real estate investors to:

Build their capacity to pinpoint migration-related and broader market-level investment risks

Actively work to understand and support climate adaptation needs within key markets

Bringing climate migration into the broader array of climate risk and investment management strategies is pivotal. By doing so, real estate can become a proactive leader in making places and people more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Also in the ULI-Heitman Climate Risk series:

Report Summary: How do real estate investors account for climate migration today? How does climate migration impact real estate valuation and investment? What tools and strategies can be leveraged to assess and address climate migration and its impacts on markets?

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has partnered with Heitman, a global real estate investment management firm, over the past three years to conduct research at the intersection of climate risk and real estate. This third report in the series examines climate migration through the lens of real estate investment decision-making. While investors increasingly recognize the urgency that climate change poses through both physical and transitional risks and are beginning to factor climate risk into decision-making processes, climate migration is an emerging facet not yet fully considered in the investment landscape.

Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making demonstrates how climate-related migration may impact the real estate sector in several ways, creating significant challenges for investors and the broader community of land use professionals. Drawing on insights from investors and aligned professionals, the report reviews how investors are beginning to define and address climate migration-related risks. The report presents a 2-step investment decision-making framework for analyzing key climate migration-related risk factors and urges real estate investors to:

Build their capacity to pinpoint migration-related and broader market-level investment risks

Actively work to understand and support climate adaptation needs within key markets

Bringing climate migration into the broader array of climate risk and investment management strategies is pivotal. By doing so, real estate can become a proactive leader in making places and people more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Also in the ULI-Heitman Climate Risk series:

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Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making

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How will climate change shape patterns of migration within and between communities, and what are the societal stakes? How do proactive real estate investors define and address climate migration? This agenda-setting report explores the technical, strategic, and collaborative challenges and opportunities that climate migration presents to the real estate industry.

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IBHS - Fortified Home Resilient Construction Program

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IBHS - Fortified Home Resilient Construction Program

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FORTIFIED Multifamily - FORTIFIED - A Program of IBHS

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The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) developed FORTIFIED Multifamily™ as a construction standard and designation to reduce damage to commercial structures and help businesses re-open more quickly following severe weather.

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World Bank/IFC Building Resilience Index

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World Bank/IFC Building Resilience Index

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Contains 74 mitigation measures for the 4 major hazard categories: wind, water, fire and geo-seismic. Rates building on a 5 level resilience dial.

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Assess and report location-specific climate change related risks and risk mitigation measures for building.

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Miami-Dade County Climate Action Strategy

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Miami-Dade County Climate Action Strategy

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From May to July 2021, the County solicited input from the community on this strategy. Building on the community engagement models of the Thrive305 survey and Civic Week, the Office of Resilience hosted five virtual discussions with community members in collaboration with the CLEO Institute and the Miami Climate Alliance. Spanish and Haitian Creole language interpretation were available for each of the public meetings and the meetings were recorded and shared online.

In addition to the community meetings, the Office of Resilience developed a short survey to solicit feedback on the community's perceived opportunities and challenges to moving to a healthy, equitable, low-carbon future.

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From May to July 2021, the County solicited input from the community on this strategy. Building on the community engagement models of the Thrive305 survey and Civic Week, the Office of Resilience hosted five virtual discussions with community members in collaboration with the CLEO Institute and the Miami Climate Alliance.

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Union of Concerned Scientists Report - Killer Heat in the United States

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Union of Concerned Scientists Report - Killer Heat in the United States

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The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades.

This analysis shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be measured. The analysis also finds that the intensity of the coming heat depends heavily on how quickly we act now to reduce heat-trapping emissions.

The results highlight a stark choice: We can continue on our current path, where we fail to reduce emissions and extreme heat soars. Or we can take bold action now to dramatically reduce emissions and prevent the worst from becoming reality.

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The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. This analysis shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be measured.

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Highlights from EPA Disaster Debris Workshop

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Highlights from EPA Disaster Debris Workshop

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America Adapts Podcast Reviewing New Federal Climate Adaptation Plans

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America Adapts Podcast Reviewing New Federal Climate Adaptation Plans

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Federal Climate Adaptation Plans: Part 1 – with Dr. Jesse Keenan — AMERICA ADAPTS

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Federal Climate Adaptation Plans: Part 1 – with Dr. Jesse Keenan. Ep. 150.

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On September 27, 2021, the White House announced the release of 24 Federal Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans. Federal agencies will annually update their plans and further embed climate adaptation and resilience efforts into their operations and programs.

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APA - Knowledge Base on Hazard Mitigation

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APA - Knowledge Base on Hazard Mitigation

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Recommended by attendee for urban forest and heat.

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Quantifying the impact of future extreme heat on the outdoor work sector in the United States

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Quantifying the impact of future extreme heat on the outdoor work sector in the United States

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Quantifying the impact of future extreme heat on the outdoor work sector in the United States

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Outdoor workers perform critical societal functions, often despite higher-than-average on-the-job risks and below-average pay. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of days when it is too hot to safely work outdoors, compounding risks to workers and placing new stressors on the person…

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Climate Change Clearinghouse for the Commonwealth

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Science & information for a climate-smart nation

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Publication by Alice Hill (2021)

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NOAA DIGITAL COAST TOOL - Coastal County Snapshots

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NOAA DIGITAL COAST TOOL - Coastal County Snapshots

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Newly-released tool by NOAA for easily creating printable handouts that help articulate your community resilience message.

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Coastal County Snapshots: Web application that turns complex, county-level data into easy-to-understand charts and graphics. Use this tool to easily create printable handouts that help articulate your community resilience message.

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Ten Principles for Building Resilience (2018)

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Ten Principles for Building Resilience (2018)

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Ten Principles for Building Resilience summarizes the key themes posed by ULI’s resilience work in the years since Hurricane Sandy, with a particular focus on resilience-focused Advisory Services work. The report considers the economic, environmental and social factors which contribute to resilience, and how the concept of resilience translates to the private sector, municipal decision-makers, and communities.

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Ten Principles for Building Resilience (2018)

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Ten Principles for Building Resilience (2018)

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Ten Principles for Building Resilience summarizes the key themes posed by ULI’s resilience work in the years since Hurricane Sandy, with a particular focus on resilience-focused Advisory Services work. The report considers the economic, environmental and social factors which contribute to resilience, and how the concept of resilience translates to the private sector, municipal decision-makers, and communities.

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Scorched: Extreme Heat and Real Estate (2019)

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Scorched: Extreme Heat and Real Estate (2019)

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Scorched outlines how extreme heat will affect the real estate and land use sectors and highlights the leadership and the potential positive impact of the real estate sector in implementing “heat-resilient” building designs and land uses. The report provides an overview of extreme heat’s connections to the built environment and an in-depth discussion of heat mitigation and adaptation strategies related to building design, building materials, green infrastructure and public space design.

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The 2019 Resilience Summit convened 180 attendees to hear from global leaders in the real estate, land use, and urban policy sectors taking action on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Read a summary of the event and lessons provided.

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The 2019 Resilience Summit convened 180 attendees to hear from global leaders in the real estate, land use, and urban policy sectors taking action on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Read a summary of the event and lessons provided.

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The 2019 Resilience Summit convened 180 attendees to hear from global leaders in the real estate, land use, and urban policy sectors taking action on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Read a summary of the event and lessons provided.

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Harvesting the Value of Water: Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, and Real Estate (2017)

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Harvesting the Value of Water: Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, and Real Estate (2017)

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Harvesting the Value of Water explores how cities are revising their stormwater management regulation in response to infrastructure and climate challenges and illustrates the real estate industry’s opportunity to add value to projects through the incorporation of green infrastructure.

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020)

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020)

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Larger and more frequent wildfires are causing increasing amounts of community trauma, infrastructure destruction, and economic hardship across the United States. This report explores how the real estate industry is responding to wildfire risks with building design, land use policy, and community resilience solutions.

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In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas. Moreover, climate change is extending the fire season and making the conditions for destructive fires more likely to occur.

Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate details the implications of wildfires for the real estate industry and explores best practices in building design and land use policy that can reduce the damage caused by wildfires and help set communities up to thrive in the long run. The report shows real estate developers, urban planners, and public leaders increasingly are aware of the land-use drivers of wildfires, their concern about the consequences of wildfires, and how they are implementing asset and community-scale resilience efforts.

Report Summary: In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas. Moreover, climate change is extending the fire season and making the conditions for destructive fires more likely to occur.

Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate details the implications of wildfires for the real estate industry and explores best practices in building design and land use policy that can reduce the damage caused by wildfires and help set communities up to thrive in the long run. The report shows real estate developers, urban planners, and public leaders increasingly are aware of the land-use drivers of wildfires, their concern about the consequences of wildfires, and how they are implementing asset and community-scale resilience efforts.

Sponsors & Partners

The Kresge Foundation Grant Funder

Housing and Communites

Real Estate Finance and Investment

Shaping Successful Cities and Regions

Sustainability and Economic Performance

Innovation in Development Practice

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020)

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020)

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Larger and more frequent wildfires are causing increasing amounts of community trauma, infrastructure destruction, and economic hardship across the United States. This report explores how the real estate industry is responding to wildfire risks with building design, land use policy, and community resilience solutions.

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In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas. Moreover, climate change is extending the fire season and making the conditions for destructive fires more likely to occur.

Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate details the implications of wildfires for the real estate industry and explores best practices in building design and land use policy that can reduce the damage caused by wildfires and help set communities up to thrive in the long run. The report shows real estate developers, urban planners, and public leaders increasingly are aware of the land-use drivers of wildfires, their concern about the consequences of wildfires, and how they are implementing asset and community-scale resilience efforts.

Report Summary: In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas. Moreover, climate change is extending the fire season and making the conditions for destructive fires more likely to occur.

Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate details the implications of wildfires for the real estate industry and explores best practices in building design and land use policy that can reduce the damage caused by wildfires and help set communities up to thrive in the long run. The report shows real estate developers, urban planners, and public leaders increasingly are aware of the land-use drivers of wildfires, their concern about the consequences of wildfires, and how they are implementing asset and community-scale resilience efforts.

Sponsors & Partners

The Kresge Foundation Grant Funder

Housing and Communites

Real Estate Finance and Investment

Shaping Successful Cities and Regions

Sustainability and Economic Performance

Innovation in Development Practice

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020)

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020)

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Larger and more frequent wildfires are causing increasing amounts of community trauma, infrastructure destruction, and economic hardship across the United States. This report explores how the real estate industry is responding to wildfire risks with building design, land use policy, and community resilience solutions.

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In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas. Moreover, climate change is extending the fire season and making the conditions for destructive fires more likely to occur.

Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate details the implications of wildfires for the real estate industry and explores best practices in building design and land use policy that can reduce the damage caused by wildfires and help set communities up to thrive in the long run. The report shows real estate developers, urban planners, and public leaders increasingly are aware of the land-use drivers of wildfires, their concern about the consequences of wildfires, and how they are implementing asset and community-scale resilience efforts.

Report Summary: In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas. Moreover, climate change is extending the fire season and making the conditions for destructive fires more likely to occur.

Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate details the implications of wildfires for the real estate industry and explores best practices in building design and land use policy that can reduce the damage caused by wildfires and help set communities up to thrive in the long run. The report shows real estate developers, urban planners, and public leaders increasingly are aware of the land-use drivers of wildfires, their concern about the consequences of wildfires, and how they are implementing asset and community-scale resilience efforts.

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Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate

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In 2020, the United States had its worst wildfire season on record; these wildfires-as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018-are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas.

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Climate Risk and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making (2019)

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Climate Risk and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making (2019)

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ULI partnered with Heitman, a global real estate investment management firm, to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the long-term viability of real estate assets. Derived from a series of interviews with leading institutional investors, investment managers, investment consultants and others, the report provides members with an inside look at how real estate investors are factoring climate risk into their investment decision-making and management processes.

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Climate Risk and Real Estate: Emerging Practices for Market Assessment (2020)

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Climate Risk and Real Estate: Emerging Practices for Market Assessment (2020)

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ULI and Heitman, along with research collaborators Arup and Milliman, ask the question “how are leading investors factoring market-level climate risk into decision-making?”  This report demonstrates that leading investors are developing approaches to better understand climate risk at the city or market scale, rather than focusing primarily on risk at the asset level. The report provides ULI members an inside look at what market level metrics these investors are using and how some investors are starting to make decisions on whether to invest or continue investing, in markets particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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Climate Risk and Real Estate: Emerging Practices for Market Assessment

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This report demonstrates that leading investors are developing approaches to better understand climate risk at the city or market scale, rather than focusing primarily on risk at the asset level. Get an inside look at what market level metrics these investors are using and how some investors are starting to make decisions on whether to invest or continue investing, in markets particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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The Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida

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The Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida

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The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact along with local business and nonprofit communities partnered with ULI to conduct a regional economic analysis on economic opportunity and vulnerability associated with investments in resilience infrastructure. The assessment findings, summarized in this report, show that investing in climate adaptation now makes financial sense and identifies opportunities for the real estate industry to achieve a positive ROI by futureproofing building-level assets and supporting community-wide infrastructure.

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The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact along with local business and nonprofit communities partnered with ULI to comprehensively assess the economic impact of investment in resilience infrastructure in the region. The report, called the Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida, is based on a regional economic assessment conducted by AECOM, and explores the economic risks to the region due to rising sea levels and frequent flooding without adaptation and analyzes economic opportunities associated with resilient investments. This regional economic analysis illustrates a clear shared interest among all stakeholders to collectively take action and quantifies a compelling business case for the region to make significant investments in resilience infrastructure now. The findings also identify opportunities for the real estate industry to achieve a positive return on investment by futureproofing developments and investing in community-wide resilience infrastructure over time to build incremental solutions that protect people and property and grow the economy of Southeast Florida in years to come.

Report Summary: The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact along with local business and nonprofit communities partnered with ULI to comprehensively assess the economic impact of investment in resilience infrastructure in the region. The report, called the Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida, is based on a regional economic assessment conducted by AECOM, and explores the economic risks to the region due to rising sea levels and frequent flooding without adaptation and analyzes economic opportunities associated with resilient investments. This regional economic analysis illustrates a clear shared interest among all stakeholders to collectively take action and quantifies a compelling business case for the region to make significant investments in resilience infrastructure now. The findings also identify opportunities for the real estate industry to achieve a positive return on investment by futureproofing developments and investing in community-wide resilience infrastructure over time to build incremental solutions that protect people and property and grow the economy of Southeast Florida in years to come.

Housing and Communites

Real Estate Finance and Investment

Shaping Successful Cities and Regions

Sustainability and Economic Performance

Innovation in Development Practice

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The Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida

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This regional economic analysis report explores and quantifies this business case for resilience in Southeast Florida and identifies an opportunity for the real estate industry to achieve a positive return on investment by futureproofing developments and investing in community-wide resilience infrastructure over time to build incremental solutions that protects people and property.