updated 10/3/24: with Inundation District broadcast and Coastal Resilience hearing recording.
A look at what going on in the City and State regarding coastal resilience:
10/3: City Council Committee On Environmental Justice, Resiliency, And Parks Hearing On Docket #0190, a hearing regarding implementing coastal resilience strategies for Boston's Waterfront, at 10am. View docket. View hearing recording.
10/7: David Abel's film, Inundation District, broadcasts at 7pm on PBS World channel. In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, one of the world’s wealthiest, most-educated cities made a fateful decision to spend billions of dollars erecting a new neighborhood along its coast - on landfill, at sea level. Film also includes flooding in Downtown and Fort Point. View trailer.
10/9: MA ResilientCoasts Public Meeting at 6pm to 7:30pm to provide an update on the ResilientCoasts Plan, present the Coastal Resilience Districts, and receive input on the project's approach. The goal of the ResilientCoasts initiative is to develop a comprehensive, state-wide strategy for coastal resilience in the Commonwealth. In collaboration with the state’s coastal communities and other stakeholders, ResilientCoasts will pursue a multipronged approach to identify regulatory, policy, and funding mechanisms to develop focused long-term solutions. Register.
10/11: MA ResilientCoasts Public Meeting from 10am to 11:30am. This meeting will be a repeat of the 10/9th meeting above. Register. A recording of the meetings will be posted on the ResilientCoasts web page as soon as possible
10/16-10/18: Climate Beacon Conference 2024: Building Better, Powering Better, Moving Better and Adapting Better at Atlantic Wharf, 280 Congress St.
