This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Disagreements about how to tackle the climate crisis abound, but in 2020, it seemed much of the world finally reached consensus about at least one thing: getting to net-zero by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Afew years ago, least-cost electrification models began pointing to an exciting possibility: solar and solar-diesel hybrid mini-grids could be the cheapest way to deliver reliable, on-demand electricity for hundreds of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hopes for fewer large wildfires in 2018, after last year’s disastrous fire season, are rapidly disappearing across the West. Six deaths have been reported in Northern California’s Carr Fire, including…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, the NFIP is effectively bankrupt. It owes the U.S. Treasury nearly $25 billion – money it borrowed from federal taxpayers to cover its obligations in Sandy, Katrina (2005), and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement – the commitment by almost every country to try to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. It’s…
Over the course of producing three seasons of The Response podcast, we’ve explored how natural hazards and other disruptions disproportionately impact marginalized communities at length. But one population we haven’t discussed before…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities can play a critical role in advancing U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting green and equitable infrastructure projects, according to a new report from the Rocky Mountain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. World hunger rose for a third consecutive year in 2017, according to the United Nations’ annual food security report. The total number of people who face chronic food deprivation has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a warm, sunny afternoon in late November, Roger Cornwell stopped his pickup near the edge of a harvested rice field to avoid spooking a great blue heron standing still…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it clear that when coronaviruses leap from wild animals to humans, the results can be devastating. A new study from Vietnam provides new insights about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The International Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations body for assessing scientific research related to climate change, released a Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on Climate Change…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To predict the fate of species, ecologists use climatic models that consider individual species in isolation. This type of model, however, overlooks the fact that species are part of a…