Climate Ready Charlestown

We're creating neighborhood solutions to coastal flooding from sea level rise and coastal storms.

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Climate change affects Boston today. Coastal and riverine flooding, stormwater flooding, and extreme heat will increase. Communities like Charlestown are vulnerable to flooding due to their low-lying shoreline. However, climate adaptation presents an opportunity to create a resilient, climate-ready waterfront. Through creative and implementable solutions, the City will improve open space, mobility, affordable housing, social and racial equity, and natural resource conservation.

Climate Ready Boston plans to protect its communities, neighborhoods, and economic and cultural assets to thrive in the coming decades. This plan presents a framework to take critical action to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This strategy will help put Boston on a path to become a Green New Deal city.

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Read our reports

Download "Coastal Resilience Solutions for East Boston and Charlestown":

PHASE I (pdf)

PHASE II (pdf)

Coastal Resilience Solutions

Phase I Study Area

Phase I was completed in 2017 and developed near- and long-term coastal resilience solutions for the Phase I study area. It included Sullivan Square, the Neck, and Rutherford Avenue.

Phase II Study Area

Phase II was completed in 2022 and developed near- and long-term coastal resilience solutions for the Phase II study area. It included the Charlestown Navy Yard and the Little Mystic Channel.

Study Area Map

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Oct 28

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City to take immediate steps to protect East Boston, Charlestown from climate change

A new report, "Coastal Resilience Solutions For East Boston and Charlestown," outlines near- and long-term strategies to protect vulnerable neighborhoods from flooding.