New Yorkers Begin to See How Much They Have to Lose From Climate Change - NYTimes.com

In August 2008, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, brought together a team of climate scientists, engineers, insurance analysts and legal experts to assess the risks to the city posed by climate change and make suggestions for adaptation. The New York City Panel on Climate Change, or NPCC, was modeled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The NPCC's final report, issued this May, offered an assessment of an overwhelming situation.