Critical infrastructure

In conflict-affected Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, nature-based solutions are reducing flooding, protecting hydropower dams and creating green jobs, providing lessons for rapidly urbanizing cities across sub-Saharan Africa.

Research led by the National Oceanography Centre has revealed that the greatest risks to subsea telecommunications cables serving small island nations are often concentrated close to island coastlines, where natural hazards and human activity overlap.

Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI

This study applies the Climate Information Distillation Framework (CIDF) to the Nepal hydropower sector.

Underground power lines are far less vulnerable to extreme weather, but burying them doesn't come cheap. After a historic ice storm in northern Michigan, utilities there are reconsidering the cost.

A team of University of Miami students has created predictive vegetation growth models that could help the utility company improve its tree-trimming efforts and, in turn, reduce the number of power outages in Florida.

Flood-resilient social infrastructure protects lives, sustains services, and reduces recovery costs.