Janice Barnes

1 TECHNICAL WORKGROUP KEY FINDINGS New Yorkers face a multitude of health and safety risks that are exacerbated by a changing climate. These risks include direct impacts from extreme weather events and other climate hazards, as well as indirect impacts occurring through a chain of interactions. Physical safety, physical health, and mental health are all part of the equation—as are the many nonclimate factors that interact with climate change to influence health outcomes.

1 CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter considers climate health risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies in New York City's unique urban context. It updates evidence since the last New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) health assessment in 2015 as part of NPCC21 and addresses climate health risks and vulnerabilities that have emerged as especially salient to New York City (NYC) since 2015. Climate health risks from heat and flooding are emphasized.

The following response was penned by Janice Barnes, Perkins+Will’s global resilience director, in response to the recent Metropolis article “Resiliency” Has Lost Its Meaning: Why We Need a More Radical Approach.” The article “‘Resiliency’ Has Lost Its Meaning: Why We Need a More Radical Approach” raised no new questions and shared no revelations about how architects, designers, and planners could or should be preparing for climate change-related natural disasters.