The Museum of Natural History in New York is a regular excursion for Jody Neal and her two kids. Teaching her children about the environment and how global warming is affecting it, is important to Jody, but she also doesn’t want to alarm them. Awareness about climate change is growing thanks mainly to younger people who have been marching around the world to draw attention to the issue. Schools and the media have been discussing it more, too.
New York has nearly 600 miles of coastline and is preparing for significant increases in flooding, rainfall and extreme heat by 2100. Jainey Bavishi explains the city’s $20 billion project to adapt to climate change by building new sea defences, raising public awareness and even painting rooftops white to reflect the searing summer sun.
