Scientific American republished an article by E&E News titled "Levees Won’t Save Louisiana from a Climate Existential Crisis”Republished E&E News article can be found at Scientific American article Levees Won’t Save Louisiana from a Climate Existential Crisis Additional links of interest that are embedded in the article are. Report published by the State of Louisiana Department of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit director Patrick Forbes and funded by HUD titled, Our Land and Water A Regional Approach to Adaptation. Published April 2019HUD Sponsored the report that the State of Louisiana OCD-DRU created and presented. It was part of the National Disaster Resilience Competition HUD sponsored with $1 billion in grants. The competition is designed to provide a national model for adaptation. Louisiana wasn't first in prize money but it did earn it's spot amongst 13 other states. HUD National Disaster Resilience CompetitionThe report is intended to serve as a national model for adaptation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funded the $40 million project in 2016 through its National Disaster Resilience Competition, which allocated $1 billion to 13 states and cities, from California to Minot, N.D., to develop responses to climate change.
