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Metro East Coast Regional Assessment
The Metropolitan East Coast (MEC) Regional Assessment is the foundation of climate change research in the New York Metropolitan Region. It was one of the regional components of the U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, organized by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The goal of each regional assessment was to investigate potential impacts of climate variability and change on the natural systems and human activities of a specific geographical area of the United States. Major objectives of MEC were to identify sectors in major urban centers that are vulnerable to the additional stresses that climate change and increased climate variability will introduce, and to examine feasible adaptation strategies. The MEC Regional Assessment examined how three interacting elements of large cities—people, place and pulse—react and respond to climate variability and change. Seven sector studies form the core of the interacting elements: Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Infrastructure, Wetlands, Water Supply, Public Health, Energy Demand, and Institutional Decision-Making. Building on the MEC Assessment, researchers in the region are studying how climate interacts with health, water, energy, urban heat island, and green roofs. A summary of on-going research in these areas, with contacts and website information, is also available. Report available in pdf format.
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