Living with Climate Change: Sea Level Rise

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to watch a briefing on policies and practices to address sea level rise. Sea level rise is a unique challenge for coastal communities and for policymakers. How will impacts from sea level rise compound impacts from extreme storm events? What infrastructure and communities will be impacted over different time horizons? When should funding be allocated to rebuild or armor coastlines and what are alternative options? What are the strengths and limitations of nature-based solutions for coastal resilience to sea level rise?

Panelists discussed these questions and highlighted policy ideas and solutions that could start to shape a more robust U.S. response to sea level rise.

This briefing is part of a series called Living with Climate Change that will run through June and focus on strategies, policies, and programs preparing communities around the country for four major climate threats: polar vortices, sea level rise, wildfires, and extreme heat.

The series will run in parallel with another briefing series, Scaling Up Innovation to Drive Down Emissions, covering hydrogen, direct air capture, offshore wind, and electric vehicle infrastructure build-out.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

00:00 - Start
04:58 - Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative (D-Fla.)
09:06 - Susan Ruffo, Co-facilitator, Coastal Flood Resilience Project, Senior Advisor for Ocean and Climate, United Nations Foundation
27:17 - Robin Craig, Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
44:06 - Lydia Olander, Director, Ecosystem Services Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
56:00 - A.R. Siders, Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware
01:14:00 - Q&A

Topics and Speakers:

Representative Kathy Castor
U.S. Representative (D-Fla.)

Susan Ruffo
Co-facilitator, Coastal Flood Resilience Project, Senior Advisor for Ocean and Climate, United Nations Foundation

Robin Craig
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Lydia Olander
Director, Ecosystem Services Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University

A.R. Siders
Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware