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Looming Deadlines For Coastal Resilience

June 25, 2024

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"Research led by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that between now and 2050, climate change–driven sea level rise will expose more than 1,600 critical buildings and services to disruptive-flooding at least twice per year.


This flooding is a particular threat to public and affordable housing—a burden borne inequitably. More than half the infrastructure at risk by 2050 is in communities at a disadvantage, based on historical and ongoing racismdiscrimination, and pollution."

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