Press Release: Smart Surfaces Policy Tracker
Sabin Center and Smart Surfaces Coalition Launch a Policy Tool to Help Cities Adapt to Extreme Weather
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Sabin Center and Smart Surfaces Coalition Launch a Policy Tool to Help Cities Adapt to Extreme Weather 〰️
December 18, 2024 – Today, Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center and the Smart Surfaces Coalition launched the Smart Surfaces Policy Tracker – a publicly-available database containing more than 450 resources which cities can utilize for Smart Surfaces policy development. Currently the tool includes policy references from 9 states, but the remaining 41 states will be added in 2025.
Cities have a unique and significant role to play in responding to global temperature rise. Many are already doing so by adopting legal and policy tools to encourage the use of Smart Surfaces—a group of technologies and design strategies that mitigate the effects of extreme and erratic weather in urban environments—especially extreme heat, stormwater flooding, and poor air quality.
