Heat and Hurricanes: What Keeps the N.Y.C. Climate Chief Up at Night

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Climate Chief Up at Night https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/nyregion/nyc-climate-rohit-aggarwala.html Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT “We are in a climate change emergency,” said Rohit T. Aggarwala.
“And two things are unhelpful in an emergency: Panic and despair.”
Credit...Jade Doskow for The New York Times Published Sept. 8, 2023Updated Sept. 15, 2023 As New York City’s chief climate officer, Rohit T. Aggarwala oversees a slowly sinking metropolis surrounded by water, with an aging sewer system, little tree canopy, paved over natural resources, congestion, and over eight million residents.
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 17, 2023, Section MB , Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: What Keeps the City’s Climate Chief Awake at Night.