A recent article by Kyle Bagenstose in Grid magazine discusses the floodplain management challenges in the Philadelphia region. The article features MACH Community Partner representative and Collaborative Stakeholder Advisory Panel member, Abby Sullivan, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Philadelphia. Abby notes that flood mitigation efforts require coordinated policy efforts because what happens upstream impacts downstream (the City of …
Congratulations to MACH researcher Laura Geronimo for receiving the 2024 ACSP Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning! Laura’s thesis, “Prioritizing Federal Investments for Coastal Adaptation,” examines the political economy of climate adaptation in coastal regions, focusing on the power struggles among competing interest groups. Her research explores how federal programs shape U.S. coastal communities’ responses to rising …
An article titled “Are You Sure Your House Is Worth That Much?” recently featured in The Atlantic, discusses how homeowners insurance is rising due to the risks posed by climate change. However, outside the insurance sector, home prices are overvalued and do not accurately reflect climate risk. The article references a MACH-supported paper titled “Unpriced climate risk and the potential …
MACH Administrative Director, Lisa Auermuller and Senior Personnel, Lucas Marxen will be overseeing two elements of a newly funded National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)- grant titled “Building a Climate Ready NJ.” Led by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP), Auermuller and Marxen are two of a handful of Rutgers University staff and faculty receiving about $16 million …
The MACH family was well represented at a joint meeting of the Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee and the Senate Environment and Energy Committee on August 1st in Toms River, NJ. Witness testimony was provided by MACH research team members Tony Broccoli, Ning Lin, and Lisa Auermuller, as well as by MACH Committee members Nick Angarone, Tom …
At the second Annual Climate Crossroads Summit, MACH Director Dr. Robert Kopp participated in a panel on “Higher Education Transformative Climate Action.” The session’s recording can be viewed here. Session Description: “Higher Education Transformative Climate Action – Auditorium The higher education sector has played and can continue to play a critical role in advancing climate action. Among many potential modes …
MACH Summer Course participants with the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Manager, Virginia Rettig & Senior Refuge Biologist Joe SmithIn June 2024, MACH hosted its second annual in-person Summer Course in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The MACH Summer Course is an immersive experience where participants spend a week living and learning together. This year, participants explored how climate research …
The MACH project celebrated the end of its third year with an in-person meeting in Camden, NJ. The MACH team is spread across thirteen institutions, primarily operating in a remote workspace. While working remotely has many advantages for this team, providing opportunities to gather in person helps researchers form bonds and transform theory into practice. This year’s annual meeting was …
“As the summer season kicks off this Memorial Day, NJ Spotlight News examines New Jersey’s shrinking shoreline and the significance this has on tourism and its impact on the state’s economy — as well as the billions of federal and state dollars being spent to maintain New Jersey’s beaches each year. New Jersey ranks number one in the country for …
The Director and Principal Investigator of the Megalopolitan Transformation Hub (MACH), Dr. Robert Kopp, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow for the field of Geography and Environmental Studies. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation “offers fellowships to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form, under the freest possibleconditions”. Dr. …
