News & Updates
Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing
With over 20 million Americans living in manufactured housing, we see them as part of the solution to housing crises.
March 24, 2022
Cornell Atkinson Advances Four Joint Research Projects, Deepens EDF Partnership
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) will collaborate on four Innovation for Impact Fund (IIF) awards to foster creative collisions that provoke large-scale, long-term impact.
August 03, 2021
Will These Places Survive a Collapse? Don’t Bet on It, Skeptics Say.
A pair of English researchers found that New Zealand is best poised to stay up and running as climate change continues to wreak global havoc. Other scientists found flaws in their model.
July 27, 2021
Who Will Pay To Protect Tech Giants From Rising Seas?
Coastal cities need billions of dollars to build defenses against sea-level rise. Tensions are growing over where that funding will come from: taxpayers or private companies with waterfront property?
April 22, 2021
Biden Pledges U.S. Will Cut Climate-Changing Pollution At Least In Half By 2030
The new target for limiting planet-warming pollution nearly doubles Obama's goal, highlighting how much time to act was lost during the Trump years.
April 21, 2021
Boston Takes on Climate Change
Among the world's most prepared but also the most vulnerable, the city is making big plans to protect itself.
JANUARY 21, 2021
America Needs a Climate Adaptation Strategy
By Linda Shi & Sierra Woodruff
President Biden has an ambitious climate change and energy plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Yet, his agenda offers little on how to prepare for climate impacts.
January 12, 2021
Envisioning Climate Resilience
Experts from the Lincoln Institute Network Weigh in on Promising Land and Water Policy Solutions
November 20, 2020
Hidden Territories: Uncovering the racist legacy of the American landscape
The company's Long Island City offices will be underwater by 2100. The question is whether the tech giant will do anything about it.
JUNE 30, 2020
15 million U.S. homes are at risk of flooding — 70% higher than FEMA estimates
Think the risk of your home filling up with floodwater, magnified these days by climate change, is only an issue near the coasts and rivers? New research detailing nearly every corner of the U.S. shows otherwise.
March 05, 2020
The fiscal challenges of climate change
By Linda Shi
Municipalities depend on the revenue of coastal development. That has to change.
November 19, 2019
It’s not just Venice. Climate change imperils ancient treasures everywhere.
World Heritage sites have survived wars and floods. Can they survive the climate crisis?
November 16, 2018
Climate Change Could Sink Amazon’s New York Headquarters
The company's Long Island City offices will be underwater by 2100. The question is whether the tech giant will do anything about it.