Viewpoints4
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Floods and the Urgency of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure
Typically, political processes depend on catastrophes and crises to motivate major programs and expenditures. Will it take a large-scale flooding disaster to generate the political support to fund a flood control system that meets our region’s needs?
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The Importance of Corporate Climate Disclosure and Measuring the Financial Costs of Environmental Impacts
The ongoing effort to measure and report environmental impacts in the private and public sectors will embed environmental considerations in corporate and government decision-making like never before.
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The Regulation of Air Pollution That Crosses State Borders
Our world and our economy are becoming more technologically complex and interconnected; anticipated impacts have become routine, and our need for agile and responsive regulation is growing.
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The Uses and Limits of Global Climate Conferences
Global conferences have educational and media value, but the new technologies, business models, and policies that will ultimately address the climate crisis will be implemented on local and national levels.
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Why the COP28 Loss and Damage Decision Is Historic
Never mind the critics: Here’s what went right at COP this year.
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Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens
In nearly every neighborhood in New York City, you will see community gardens tended to by local gardeners, and these essential spaces are a critical element of the social and environmental fabric of the city.
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The Importance of Sustainability Metrics to Sustainability Management
A key step in developing the management capacity to build an environmentally sustainable economy is creating meaningful, actionable sustainability metrics.
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The Financial Reality of Regulating Lead and Methane
The path to environmental protection runs through the reality of financial feasibility.
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Regulating Technological Complexity
It is in the public interest to regulate new and emerging technologies to reduce the harm they create. Broad policies can be set by law, but the detailed rules must be left to experts in administrative agencies.
