Working on the ground in coastal communities throughout New England, Consensus Building Institute (CBI) and the MIT Science Impact Collaborative jointly developed their proposal,...
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Thu, 10/03/2013
This fall climate change will be a bunch of fun and games for staff at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm. The reserve, located off Lauholm Farm Road in Wells, is one of four estuarine research centers...
Thu, 09/12/2013
Last Friday, a team from the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the Consensus Building Institute won the Climate CoLab Enabling Adaptation competition. Their proposal: to use consensus building techniques to help at-risk coastal communities...
Sun, 09/01/2013
The New England Climate Adaptation Project was featured in the Consensus Building Institute's recent Fall 2013 Report. Read the article, "Helping Coastal Communities Prepare for...
Wed, 08/14/2013
The Barnstable Growth Management Department hosted a workshop on climate change on Monday, offering residents a chance to role-play various interested parties, and attempt to find common ground in the complex and sometimes controversial subject. Focusing on...
Wed, 08/14/2013
The city of Cranston held its second of four climate change workshops on Aug. 20 at the Cranston Senior Center. Hoping to inform Cranston and Rhode Island residents of the consequences of global warming, this interactive, role-playing simulation was...
Thu, 06/13/2013
Have you ever wondered what would happen to our community if a hurricane as powerful as Hurricane Sandy that devastated New York and New Jersey in the fall of 2012 should strike southern Maine? Should the coastal towns in Maine be preparing for a catastrophic event...
Wed, 06/12/2013
City officials gathered last Wednesday to draft a memo to the mayor that calls for voluntary property buyouts, flood proofing infrastructure and low-impact development as means to mitigate the local effects of climate change. But the memo wasn’t for Cranston. It was...
Tue, 05/28/2013
Brewster beaches and other sandy shores along the Bayside have been eroding at alarming rates in the past few years. As storms and sea level rise are expected to continue eating away at the limited land on the Cape, questions about long-term planning are surfacing....
Mon, 05/27/2013
Updated flood insurance maps, made with LiDAR, laser radar or new computer programs, are increasingly important with global warming As the United States grows warmer and extreme weather more common, the federal government's flood insurance maps are becoming...
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