As Vicki Arroyo says, it's time to prepare our homes and cities for our changing climate, with its increased risk of flooding, drought and …
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Creating Sustainable Communities, Curated by Victoria Arroyo
Cities are on the front lines of climate change, facing impacts like heat waves and rising seas. They can also lead the way in solutions that cut greenhouse gas emissions while bringing benefits such as improved quality of life and health, greater social cohesion, and increased resilience to extreme weather. Renewable energy and electric vehicles cut pollution and illnesses, while green space reduces urban heat and flooding. Cities are essential leaders in climate sustainability and resilience.
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Louisiana’s sinking Isle de Jean Charles shows the urgent need for measures to combat climate change As seas rise, as floods and droughts become more extreme, as crops fail and as storms intensify, the world will increasingly face a new challenge – climate refugees. In the US, witness the recent plan …
With climate-change becoming ever more urgent, Norman Foster and Vicki Arroyo, associate administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), discuss the sectors most in need of revolution, as well as future trends for employment, transportation and public space post-pandemic.
In the U.S., and around the world, vacant and abandoned urban land and structures are more ubiquitous than most people realize. In this lecture, Professor Foster will argue why we should think about this urban infrastructure as a “commons” capable of meeting the social and economic needs of the most vulnerable urban populations.
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Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development Communities across the country are integrating smart growth, …
Shaktoolik, Alaska Uses a Statewide Grant to Adapt to Coastal Climate Risks See how the Alaskan Native village of Shaktoolik funded the development of …
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WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities helps turn cities into resilient, inclusive, low-carbon places that are better for people and the planet.
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About the Author
Victoria Arroyo is the associate administrator for policy with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She has more than 30 years experience environmental policy and law, including more than 20 years directing public policy and legal analysis.
Vicki Arroyo currently serves as the Associate Administrator for Policy at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In this role she oversees a diverse portfolio at the agency that includes regulatory policy and management, environmental justice, climate adaptation, environmental economics, community revitalization, NEPA and more.
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