managed retreat
The Climate Crisis Isn't Just Taking Pacific Islanders' Homes, It's Taking Our Identities
As Indigenous Pacific Islanders, climate adaptation plans cannot override our fight for sovereignty and self-determination.
This Is How the Climate Crisis Wipes an American Community Off the Map
Pecan Acres in Louisiana has flooded 17 times in the past 30 years. Residents of 'Flood City' are finally moving to higher ground.
FEMA ‘Buy-Outs’ of Flood-Prone Homes Are More Likely in Richer, Densely Populated Areas
A new Science Advances study found that poor neighborhoods in richer, more densely populated areas are more likely to implement voluntary buy-outs of flood prone areas than, say, poor neighborhoods in poor areas.
We Need to Talk About a Planned Retreat from Climate Disaster Zones Now
Communities globally are already engaged in the thorny process of relocating because of climate change. Experts say we need to talk about a managed retreat now, so that it doesn't become a nightmare.
This Is What the U.S. Could Look Like When Our Coasts Are Under Water
Rising sea levels could be an opportunity for social change—or a dystopian hellscape.
