Resilient Boston Harbor The Sustainability Group hosted a brown bag lunch on July 11 to hear Richard McGuinness, Deputy Director for Climate Change and Environmental Planning at the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) discuss the City of Boston’s planning for the short and long term impacts of climate change and sea level rise. Through Imagine Boston 2030, the City’s first citywide plan in 50 years, and Climate Ready Boston, the BPDA is expanding local flood regulations, revising Boston’s zoning code to support climate ready buildings and reviewing international models to develop resiliency area plans and flood defense overlay districts.