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Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
Coastal communities in the contiguous U.S. face more than $400 billion in costs over the next 20 years, much of it sooner, to defend coastal communities from inevitable sea-level rise, according to a new report released today by the Center for Climate Integrity in partnership with the engineering firm, Resilient Analytics.
Center for Climate Integrity
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
$76 Billion. 9,243 miles of seawalls. That's the price to protect Florida, the state facing the highest cost in the U.S., from rising seas by 2040... Taxpayers and homeowners are currently responsible for the entirety of these colossal bills along with every other expenditure related to climate adaptation and resilience.
The Herald Tribune
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
The Herald Tribune
July 9, 2019 - Rising sea levels will create the need for more than $3 billion in new sea walls in Sarasota and Manatee counties by 2040, according to a new report that highlights the fiscal threat climate change poses to Southwest Florid