New York Lays Out $20 Billion Plan to Adapt to Climate Change

A home destroyed and abandoned after Hurricane Sandy is seen on Fox Beach Avenue in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island in New York City, New York, March 25, 2013.  Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar

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reuters.com - by Hilary Russ - June 11, 2013

(Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades.

The ambitious proposal - which could become the benchmark for other cities dealing with climate change - could reshape Lower Manhattan's waterfront, with the possible addition of a "Seaport City" out of the East Side.

The more than 400-page plan, which follows widespread destruction wreaked by Superstorm Sandy last year, included about 250 recommendations ranging from new floodwalls and storm barriers to upgrades of power and telecommunications infrastructures.

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Press Release - MAYOR BLOOMBERG PRESENTS THE CITY'S LONG-TERM PLAN TO FURTHER PREPARE FOR THE IMPACTS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE

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