On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey and New York. The climate-fueled storm killed more than 100 people, displaced thousands of American families, and caused $65 billion in damages. This page contains analyses, issue briefs, and reports documenting the human and economic costs of extreme weather, the billions of dollars in disaster spending, and the investments necessary to build more resilient communities.
Policymakers need to invest in the resilience of our wastewater treatment infrastructure to ensure that decades of progress on public health, environmental quality, and economic development are not washed away.
President Obama and his State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience have an opportunity to reduce extreme weather and other climate change risks to low-income families and to create resilient, safe, and equitable communities that will allow all Americans to prosper.
This report reviews climate change risks, identifies cities that are already taking steps to tackle this growing issue, and recommends actions to build resilience.
Superstorm Sandy is just the latest in a long line of natural disasters that have tested the resilience of low-income communities and exposed the underlying socioeconomic problems these communities face year round.
Investing more in climate preparedness and resilience will end up saving money in the long run by lowering the risks of extreme weather and climate-change impacts.
As more American families suffer from increasingly severe weather events, making relief and aid the newest political football is unconscionable.
We need dedicated funding for communities to increase their resilience to future extreme weather events.
Interactive map shows how extreme weather events cause significant damage to lower- and middle-class Americans.
We must take steps to protect middle- and lower-income households from the economic harms wrought by extreme weather events linked to climate change.
The United States must heed the warnings of Hurricane Sandy and other deadly disasters and reduce its carbon pollution.