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Climate Resilience at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey: Engineering to Mitigate Climate Risk

  • 20 West 44th Street New York, NY, 10036 United States (map)

New York, NY

Join the ASCE Met Section COPRI Chapter for a technical lecture given by Sarah Colasurdo, Program Manager of Climate Resilience at PANYNJ.

This lecture will provide an overview of the Climate Resilience program at the Port Authority including: a history of major impacts to date and the policy and program efforts underway to mitigate climate risks going forward. In addition, this lecture will provide an overview of the Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) to demonstrate how the Port Authority is preparing strategic investments to mitigate future impacts. The CRA identifies critical assets, consequences of inaction, and strategic investment in the future. You will gain an overview of the program structure, the process for gathering data, the analytical methodology, and the process for evaluating priority actions.

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