Extreme heat is becoming an operating condition. Keeping power, water and essential services running requires coordinated planning, data-sharing, governance and investment. The choices made now will shape resilience and competitiveness for years to come.
Peru built world-renowned defenses against glacial floods, before decentralisation and financial austerity caused them to crumble. After an era of impressive progress on preventative measures, hundreds of Peru’s glacial lakes are now at risk of bursting
The interaction of land subsidence with urbanization, reclamation and climate variability in contributing to massive flooding must also be examined, along with possible governance failures in light of increasing flood risk in Philippines.
National Emergency Telecommunication Plans help governments, operators and responders maintain communications before, during and after disasters, strengthening preparedness, early warning, response and recovery while building resilience.
For scientists, central question is not whether earthquakes will return to Kashmir. Geological history makes that virtually inevitable. Question is whether the region’s infrastructure, institutions, and communities will be better prepared when they do.
Human Nature spotlights solutions protecting water and strengthening local economies, from Arkansas Delta wetlands to Iowa farm fields and Mexican fishing communities.
Finnish satellite company ICEYE and Louisiana's The Water Institute are combining ICEYE's synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations with FloodID, a predictive flood-intelligence platform.
Governments across Europe are increasingly telling citizens to prepare at home for a major crisis like war, extreme weather and cybersecurity threats, with Ireland becoming the latest country to push emergency preparedness guidance.
