Climate Risk score
Climate exposure, hazard frequency, and adaptation context for floods, heat, storms, and wildfires.
Climate Risk in New York60/100
Climate Risk
Climate Risk in New York
New York faces meaningful coastal flood, heat, and storm exposure. Adaptation investment is significant but not yet at parity with the hazard.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-03
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 60/100
Primary hazard
Storm surge and heat
Hurricanes, flooding, and heat are concurrent stressors.
Flood exposure
High
Low-lying neighborhoods face direct sea-level and surge pressure.
Adaptation capacity
Improving
Significant investment, with implementation timelines still long.
New York climate risk data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Primary hazard | Storm surge and heat | Storm-cycle and heat patterns dominate risk. |
| Flood exposure | High | Multi-borough exposure shapes resilience priorities. |
| Adaptation capacity | Improving | Programs are underway but not yet built out. |
Climate Risk city comparison
A crawlable comparison across every indexed city makes it easy to scan how this module changes between metros.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| New York (this page) | 60/100 | New York faces meaningful coastal flood, heat, and storm exposure. Adaptation investment is significant but not yet at parity with the hazard. |
| Copenhagen | 78/100 | Copenhagen carries moderate climate risk centered on coastal flooding and heavy-rain stormwater pressure, with strong adaptation planning. |
| Berlin | 75/100 | Berlin faces moderate climate exposure focused on heat waves, surface-water flooding, and drought-pressure on green infrastructure. |
| London | 72/100 | London faces moderate climate exposure shaped by heat waves, Thames flood scenarios, and urban surface-water flooding. |
| Paris | 70/100 | Paris carries moderate climate risk centered on heat waves and Seine flood pressure, with active adaptation programs. |
| Toronto | 70/100 | Toronto faces rising heat, severe-storm, and wildfire-smoke pressure, balanced by solid adaptation programs. |
| Singapore | 65/100 | Singapore faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and long-run sea-level pressure, balanced by very strong adaptation capacity. |
| Sydney | 65/100 | Sydney faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, bushfire-smoke, and storm pressure, with improving adaptation programs. |
| Tokyo | 64/100 | Tokyo faces meaningful climate exposure across heat, storm, and seismic-coupled flood pressure, balanced by strong adaptation capacity. |
Explanation
The climate-risk score reflects hazard probability, infrastructure exposure, and adaptation capacity. Coastal cities require deeper investment to reach a healthy score.
Read this module with the main city profile because single-topic pages can miss tradeoffs. A city with a high energy score can still have housing pressure, and a city with strong opportunity can still carry health exposure risk.
Sources
These pages use trusted institutional references for methodology and context. Mock values are typed and ready to be replaced by API-backed city datasets without changing route structure.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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New York city profile
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Cost of Living in New York
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Air Quality in New York
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Energy in New York
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Safety in New York
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Internet Speed in New York
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