{"id":12552,"date":"2017-03-27t12:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-27t12:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/are-u-s-cities-prepared-for-the-effects-of-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:41","slug":"are-us-cities-prepared-for-the-effects-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/are-us-cities-prepared-for-the-effects-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"are u.s. cities prepared for the effects of climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"
often we think about climate change as a temporally and spatially distant phenomenon, something that doesn’t affect me<\/em>. it’s not going to affect me in my lifetime, or maybe not in the next 10 years or at least the next 20 years. not at least until i’m old. but that’s not true. that’s not true here in the united states. that’s not true in other countries. we are already seeing the impacts of climate change in many dimensions.” \u2014 milken institute school of public health professor sabrina mccormick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
increases in the global surface temperature are expected to continue for decades, regardless of the mitigation strategies we’re using to slow that process. the warming trend, in turn, contributes to the increasing frequency and severity<\/a> of extreme weather events. as a result, adaptation and preparedness for extreme weather and other adverse events related to climate change are more important now than ever – but are u.s. cities ready?<\/p>\n
how prepared are our cities?<\/h2>\n