From severe storms to nuisance flooding, Boston is facing accelerating costs from climate change. But fortunately, there are several ideas on Beacon Hill that would help pay for infrastructure to protect us.
Hoping to be better prepared for the climate and environmental hazards of the future, the Baker administration launched a tool Wednesday to allow cities and towns to assess the climate change risk level of planned projects and get recommendations to make the designs more resilient.
Too often when developers fail to prepare for climate change, taxpayers are called upon to bail them out when the inevitable damage happens. But now it seems that cities across Massachusetts and even the state could increasingly be on the hook financially if they don’t take substantive steps to plan for these changes.
