article_snippet.sent: Similarly, sea level rise is increasing the risk of coastal floods, but cities such as New Orleans, New York and many others were (and are) too vulnerable already.
article_snippet.sent: So us development planning has tended to proceed under the assumption that that worst won't happen, leaving us with infrastructures that aren't properly adapted even to the current climate.
article_snippet.sent: Many of the measures we need to take to close that gap -- such as making California's water distribution system less wasteful, or New York subways more flood-proof -- will also help to prepare us for the new climates to come.
highlights_snippet.sent: The big picture should spur us to prepare for new climates by fixing infrastructure, Adam Sobel says .