New York City Panel on Climate Change [SEP] inception
New York City Panel on Climate Change
The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), was convened by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in August 2008 as part of PlaNYC. 
The panel.
Many leading Earth scientists from the region and researchers from Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) were part of the panel’s work since its beginning. Among them Cynthia Rosenzweig, "who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture". Additionally, legal, insurance, and risk management experts are part of the
New York City Panel on Climate Change, an advisory panel to the New York City Mayor on climate change modeled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)