NPCC4 Work Group Members and Scientific Contributors by Work Group
NPCC4 Panel Co-chairs
Deborah Balk (Baruch College, City University of New York), Christian Braneon (Columbia Climate School, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Robin Leichenko (Rutgers University), Joel Towers (Parsons School of Design, The New School)
Climate Science and Projections
Christian Braneon (WG Co-chair, Columbia Climate School, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Luis Ortiz (WG Co-Chair, George Mason University), Dan Bader (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Maya Buchanan (WSP), LaTonya Carter (George Mason University), Colin Evans (Cornell University), Art DeGaetano (Cornell University), Vivien Gornitz (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Sanketa Kadam (Columbia University), Radley Horton (Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Evan Mallen (Georgia Institute of Technology), Talea Mayo (Emory University), Kathryn McConnell (Brown University), Timon McPhearson (The New School, Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies), Franco Montalto (Drexel University), Philip Orton (Stevens Institute of Technology), Mobin Rahimi-Golkhandan (Drexel University), Bernice Rosenzweig (Sarah Lawrence College), Hadia Sheerazi (Rocky Mountain Institute)
Equity
Sheila R. Foster (WG Co-chair, Georgetown University, Columbia University), Ana Baptista (WG Co-chair, The New School), Christian Braneon (Columbia Climate School, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Kim Knowlton (Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), Robin Leichenko (Rutgers University), Thomas Matte (Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), Khai Hoan Nguyen (Rutgers University), Jack Tchen (Rutgers University), Marco Tedesco (Columbia Climate School), Joel Towers (Parsons School of Design, The New School)
Flooding
Bernice Rosenzweig (WG Co-Chair, Sarah Lawrence College), Franco Montalto (WG Co-Chair, Drexel University), Ron Busciolano (USGS), Pablo Herreros-Cantis (Basque Center for Climate Change), Nicole Maher (The Nature Conservancy), Kris Masterson (USGS), Timon McPhearson (The New School, Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies), Philip Orton (Stevens Institute of Technology), Eric Sanderson (New York Botanical Garden)
Health
Thomas Matte (WG Co-chair, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), Janice Barnes (Former WG Co-chair, Climate Adaptation Partners), Deborah Balk (Baruch College, City University of New York), Kim Knowlton (Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), Peter Marcotullio (Hunter College, City University of New York), Liv Yoon (University of British Columbia)
Energy and Energy Insecurity
Liv Yoon (WG Co-chair, University of British Columbia), Jennifer Ventrella (WG Co-chair, The New School), Peter Marcotullio (WG Co-chair, Hunter College, City University of New York), Thomas Matte (Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), Kathryn Lane (DOHMH), Jenna Tipaldo (Hunter College, City University of New York), Sonal Jessel (WE ACT for Environmental Justice), Kathleen Schmid (MOCEJ), Julia Casagrande (MOCEJ), Hayley Elszasz (MOCEJ)
Futures and Transitions
Deborah Balk (WG Co-chair, Baruch College, City University of New York), Timon McPhearson (WG Co-chair, The New School, Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies), Christian Braneon (Columbia Climate School, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Elizabeth M. Cook (Barnard College), Radley Horton (Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Kim Knowlton (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health), Nicole Maher (The Nature Conservancy), Peter Marcotullio (Hunter College, City University of New York), Thomas Matte (Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), Richard Moss (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland), Luis Ortiz (George Mason University), Joel Towers (Parsons School of Design, The New School), Gernot Wagner (Columbia Business School)
Shared Methods
Daniel Bader (WG Co-chair, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Katherine McComas (WG Co-chair, Cornell University), Richard Moss (WG Co-chair, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland), Deborah Balk (Baruch College, City University of New York), Janice Barnes (Climate Adaptation Partners), Robin Leichenko (Rutgers University), Jack Tchen (Rutgers University), Gernot Wagner (Columbia Business School)
NPCC4 Fellows and Interns
Nirajan Adhikari (Drexel University), Ben Airing (The New School), Isaiah Aguilar (Sarah Lawrence College), Khaled Alsenan (The New School), Gowri Anand (Hunter College, City University of New York), Ziyu Chen (Stevens Institute of Technology), Elena De Nictolis (New York University), Fiona Dubay (Sarah Lawrence College), Nonso Elelleh (Sarah Lawrence College), Omanjana Goswami (Rutgers University), Joanna Green (Baruch College, City University of New York), Georgia Grzywacz (Columbia University), Thomas Ikeda (The New School), Kevin Liu (Drexel University), Lilliana LoGuidice (Sarah Lawrence College), Amanda O’Lear (Rutgers University), Maia Roseval (Baruch College, City University of New York), Diana Schoder (Georgetown University), Puneet Singh (The New School), Ivy Steinberg-McElroy (Drexel University), Daniela Tagtachian (CUNY Graduate Center), Azra Tanović (The New School), Jenna Tipaldo (City University of New York), Zisan Tokac (Rutgers University), Emily Torem (Columbia University), Enrique Valencia (The New School), Jennifer Ventrella (The New School), and Liv Yoon (University of British Columbia)
External Advisors
The authors thank external advisors who provided important feedback to the work groups throughout the process.
Maya Carrasquillo (UC Berkeley), Joan Casey (Columbia University), Juanita Constible (NRDC), Amel Derra-Chouk (Columbia University), Naresh Devineni (City University of New York), Amanda De Vito Trinsey (Couch White), Equisha Glenn (MTA), Vivien Gornitz (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Kerry Hardy (The Public History Project), Diana Hernández (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health), Kazuhiko Ito (DOHMH), Sonal Jessel (WE ACT for Environmental Justice), Leiwen Jiang (Population Council), Sanketa Kadam (Columbia University), Eric Ketchum (DCP), Cuihua Li (Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Vijay Limaye (NRDC), Evan Mallen (Georgia Institute of Technology), Talea Mayo (Emory University), Rob Moore (NRDC), Carolyn Olson (DOHMH), Luis Ortiz (George Mason University), Robbie Parks (Columbia University), Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Hadia Sheerazi (Rocky Mountain Institute), Perry Sheffield (Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai), Sally Slavinski (DOHMH), William Solecki (Hunter College, City University of New York), Cecilia Sorenson (Columbia University), Johanna Tysk (Koko Labs), and Ariel Yuan (DOHMH) for their constructive feedback.
Interagency Climate Advisory Team (ICAT)
The authors thank the members of the City of New York Interagency Climate Advisory Team (ICAT) for their careful review and comment during the drafting process.
Novem Auyeung (Parks), Tallant Burley (MOCEJ), Julia Casagrande (MOCEJ), Alan Cohn (DEP), Jessica Colon (MOCEJ), Georgina Cullman (Parks), Arielle Goldberg (HPD), Carrie Grassi (MOCEJ), Erika Jozwiak (MOCEJ), Katherine Lane (DOHMH), Peter Lobo (DCP), Michael Marrella (DCP), Erica Maurer (DCP), Alan Olmsted (DOT), William Pappas (EM), Joshua Rapp (OEM), Christopher Rice (MOCEJ), Mallory Rutigliano (OMB), Jarrod Sims (OMB), Kathleen Schmid (DCAS), Lauren Smalls-Mantey (DOHMH), Melissa Umberger (EM), Angela Wong (MOCEJ), and Allan Zaretsky (HPD)
Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ)
The authors appreciate the collaborative efforts of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ). In particular, Jainey Bavishi (formerly MOCR), Adam Parris (formerly MOCR), Emilie Schnarr (formerly MOCEJ), Kizzie Charles-Guzman (formerly MOCEJ), Victoria Cerullo, and Hayley Elszasz were integral to coordinating the co-generation process between scientists and stakeholders for NPCC4.
New York Academy of Sciences
The authors thank Douglas Braaten, the Chief Scientific Officer and Editor-in-Chief for the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, for his dedication and guidance throughout the publication process.
Climate Adaptation Partners
The completion of NPCC4 would not have been possible without the extraordinary organizational, logistical, editorial, and administrative support provided by Dr. Janice Barnes and Leo Temko of Climate Adaptation Partners.