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Adaptation & Resilience Climate

Climate Change Is Here, And Boy Is It Ever Expensive!

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments hurricanes, hurricane maria, hurricane laura, hurricane harvey, hurricane, resiliency, resilience, florida, climate adaptation, climate change, california wildfires, california, climate resilience

If we fail to push for market transformation oriented toward climate adaptation solutions, the market will do it on its own. Like, in a really bad way. This has the unintended consequence, however, of incentivizing better decisions about development and planning.

Climate Leadership Conference, Day 1: Lessons Learned and Issues Highlighted

March 5, 2020March 6, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments wsp, matt naud, missy stults, protest, climate adaptation, beth gibbons, american society of adaptation professionals, climate change, environmental justice, ESG

Day 1 of the Climate Leadership Conference provides some solid lessons in adaptation and reslience while also revealing some important schisms in the sustainability movement.

Adaptation & Resilience Events

Climate Leadership Conference in Detroit

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments kim cobb, rivian, william k. reilly, sustainability, climate adaptation, climate leadership conference, events, Detroit, conferences

Today, tomorrow, and Friday, I’ll be attending the Climate Leadership Conference in Detroit. The conference will bring together practitioners working

A Literal Train Wreck Makes A Case For Resilient Infrastructure

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments investor-owned utilities, infrastructure, utility infrastructure, resilience, rail, climate adaptation, climate change, climate resilience

A train derailment yesterday morning in Southwest Detroit knocked down a power line, leaving about a thousand residential and commercial

Environmental Justice Urban Planning Environment

What’s More Expensive Than Spending On Climate Change? Not Spending On It.

September 12, 2019September 11, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments hurricane maria, miami, louisiana, hurricane harvey, hurricane dorian, houston, gulf coast, mississippi, new orleans, urban growth, texas, stormwater infrastructure, Sprawl, resilient infrastructure, resilience, puerto rico, GSI, climate adaptation, climate change, carbon tax, cap and trade, bahamas, alabama, flood management, florida

One morning last fall, I found myself standing in the basement of my 1895 home, watching a waterfall cascade off

Cities & Urban Planning Environment

April Showers Bring May Combined Sewer Overflows

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments home rehab, GSI, french drain, stormwater, Renovation, rainfall, green stormwater infrastructure, climate change, climate adaptation, flooding, drainage, Detroit, CSO, combined sewer overflow

I woke up several times last night to the sound of torrential rain drumming on the roof. The attic roof