NYC Climate Dashboard

About the Dashboard

The climate crisis is one of the greatest risks facing New York City. As an agency tasked with identifying and confronting risks to NYC’s government and residents, the Comptroller’s Office is committed to advancing a just transition toward a more equitable, low-carbon, and resilient city. Tackling the climate crisis requires collective action by governments, individuals, and companies, from installing new solar panels to divesting from fossil fuels to building more resilient infrastructure.

The NYC Climate Dashboard tracks our city’s progress in meeting our climate goals by assessing how effectively the city is reducing our carbon emissions and how prepared our neighborhoods are for the impacts of climate change. Each section of the dashboard includes key climate indicators, along with data on city policies and programs designed to improve those outcomes.

Each map also includes an overlay of designated environmental justice communities to identify how climate indicators impact low-income communities of color who have borne the historical brunt of environmental pollution.

We want your feedback! Please let us know what other climate data you’d like to see in this dashboard in the future.

The City of New York has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050 This target is in line with the global Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will help to reduce the impacts of climate change in NYC.

What Does Climate Change Mean for NYC?

Global temperatures are on the rise as activities that burn fossil fuels release greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere. This change in the global climate is already resulting in more frequent and destructive storms and heat waves in New York City.
By the 2050s, NYC is likely to experience 4.1°F warmer average annual temperatures. That warming is expected to result in more intense heat waves, storms, and rising sea levels that will threaten our infrastructure and the lives of New Yorkers.

Extreme heat

Twice as many dangerous heat waves that can cause heat stroke, exhaustion, and in severe cases, death

Sea level rise

30 inches (2.5 feet) increase in sea levels that will flood the lowest lying coastal areas

Coastal storms

Twice as many 100-year storms like Hurricane Sandy, with storm surge that can damage homes and infrastructure

Rainstorms

1.5x more extreme precipitation days that result in intense flash flooding, like Hurricane Ida

Learn more about the climate hazards and risks facing NYC here: https://nychazardmitigation.com/.

Source: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report, https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17496632/2019/1439/1
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