This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The tools and technologies that farmers use to get a decent corn crop during drought years should not leave the impression that innovation will make bad weather inconsequential. That’s the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the numerous environmental obstacles thrown up by the previous administration, many U.S. cities have not only persevered in their efforts to combat climate change but they have made major…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a year from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues are still grabbing headlines and delaying packages. Vertical farming companies — with much shorter supply chains — were still trying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world has just 12 years left to halve greenhouse gas emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change, but hopes that a solution will come from saving the last great tracts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center director talks about strategies for resilience and recovery. During the evening hours of Dec. 10, a flurry of tornadoes ravaged several states, claiming…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this month, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network released the first report collating global statistics on corals, documenting the status of reefs across 12,000 sites in 73 countries over 40…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2021, we are no strangers to the throes of climate change, with examples including the ongoing drought in the Western United States and recent flooding in Germany and Belgium. Flooding, particularly on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is magnifying threats such as flooding, wildfires, tropical storms and drought. In 2020 the U.S. experienced a record-breaking 22 weather and climate disasters that each caused at least $1…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The list of solutions to climate change usually focuses on technology: solar power, electric cars, devices that suck carbon out of the atmosphere. But one impactful solution is often overlooked.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some so intense they surprised even the scientists who study them. Extreme rainstorms turned to raging flash…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our Vice President for Policy and Strategic Initiatives unpacks five key global issues to watch in 2022, laying out both the challenges and opportunities of global cooperation in ensuring an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When undocumented migrants cross the U.S.–Mexico border into southern Arizona, they face a perilous journey through the Sonoran Desert, some of the most inhospitable terrain in North America. Summer temperatures…