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This Heat Preparedness and Adaptation Plan provides an actionable roadmap and recommendations on how the region can better prepare for and adapt to extreme heat and rising temperatures.
This paper examines stormwater flooding and extreme heat, as they are evaluated as frequent or chronic hazards that gradually degrade personal and economic well-being and directly expose parts of every neighborhood in Boston.
This report is the City’s second local climate resilience plan that presents district-scale climate adaptation solutions (Climate Ready Boston Initiative 4.1). The first was Coastal Resilience Solutions for East Boston and Charlestown.
This report outlines an assessment of coastal flooding risk in the East Boston and Charlestown neighbourhoods of Boston, MA, describes coastal resilience solutions, and sets out recommended actions to build flood resilience in the near- and long-t
This report provides a brief overview of what future climate projections warn for Boston and its neighborhoods, the current status of Boston’s climate activities, and what social and economic vulnerabilities already exist in the city and how these
This publication was coordinated with the citywide Imagine Boston 2030 and 100 Resilient Cities to plan for the future impacts of climate change.
'I am especially excited about Mayor Walsh's bold and innovative move to focus on social resilience and incorporate root causes of inequity that impact the daily lives of our communities and post-disaster outcomes', said Dr. Atyia Martin, Boston's first Chief Resilience Officer...
This report is the first update since the publication of the original Boston climate action plan in 2007, following the Mayor’s executive order.
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.