Federal Support and Local Action

A live webcast will be streamed at 3 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast. Recovery & Resilience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Find out more about the briefings in this series below: June 2 Federal Support and Local Action June 3 Resilient Housing and Communities June 4 Sustainable, Democratic Energy and Public Health Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about resilience initiatives in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their ongoing recovery from back-to-back natural disasters over the last several years. Every U.S. coast is facing climate adaptation challenges due to rising sea levels and other coastal hazards, but island economies are especially vulnerable. The Fourth National Climate Assessment points to the small size and relative isolation of the U.S. Caribbean islands (including Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island), which means their “social, economic, and ecological systems are likely to be more sensitive to changes in temperature and precipitation than similar systems in the mainland United States.”