Union of Concerned Scientists

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USC is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.

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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.

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13 July 2017

When rising seas hit home: Hard choices ahead for hundreds of US coastal communities

This national analysis identifies when US coastal communities will face a level of disruptive flooding that affects people's homes, daily routines, and livelihoods.

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27 May 2016

World heritage and tourism in a changing climate

World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate provides insights into the vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change and its potential implications for the global tourism industry.

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5 March 2015

Stormy seas, rising risks: what investors should know about climate change impacts at oil refineries

This report focuses on facilities run by the top five U.S. refining companies, assessing both the extent of their climate risk and the companies’ failure to address that risk and publicly disclose it to their investors.

News

18 November 2014

The vital role of protected areas in climate disaster risk reduction

The next step, as IUCN’s Radhika Murti, one of the co-authors of the Safe Havens report said here this week, is to 'get climate people talking with disaster people… Communities don’t differentiate between disasters and climate impacts. But pre-disaster conditions determine disaster impacts'...

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8 October 2014

Encroaching tides: how sea level rise and tidal flooding threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast communities over the next 30 years

This report explores the steep increases in tidal flooding that U.S. East and Gulf Coast communities can expect over the next 15 to 30 years, based on an analysis of 52 locations along these coasts.

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27 May 2014

US: National landmarks at risk

'We must prepare our cherished landmarks for these worsening climate impacts and take steps to make climate resilience a national priority. At the same time, we must work to minimize these risks in the future by reducing the carbon emissions that are causing climate change and its accompanying impacts'...

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27 May 2014

National landmarks at risk: how rising seas, floods, and wildfires are threatening the United States’ most cherished historic sites

This report argues that sea level rise, coastal erosion, increased flooding, heavy rains, and more frequent large wildfires are damaging archaeological resources, historic buildings, and cultural landscapes across the United States.

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29 October 2013

Overwhelming risk: rethinking flood insurance in a world of rising seas

This report analyzes the socioeconomic and climate-related trends resulting in increasingly unmanageable risks, such as rising seas and flooding from storm surge, that are driving increased property damage and loss along North Atlantic coasts.