Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell has directed city departments and agencies to prepare for the effects of climate change and sea level rise.
The mayor issued the mandate last month, requiring the departments and agencies under his jurisdiction to view climate change as an urgent matter and to take action to protect and prepare the city for the physical and economic effects of it.
Under the directive, city managers must propose revisions to shoreline development rules and construction standards. It also calls for elevating or moving infrastructure and key facilities.
The directive is in response to a city 国产一福利 Change Commission brief prepared from a state report, which projected coastal flooding, erosion and property damage affecting hundreds of businesses and public buildings.
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