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Nature-Based Approaches to Disaster Resilience Can Yield Big Returns in States
Across the country, state governments are faced with the increasing frequency and intensity of disasters and the compounding scarcity of resources to plan for and lessen their impacts. With these unprecedented challenges likely to grow, state leaders are turning to one another to share best practices and lessons learned to increase resilience.
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Disaster Prep in the Big City
What did you do during the COVID-19 social distancing era? Some of us learned to make sourdough, some of us perfected a viral whipped coffee, plenty of us did a whole lot of nothing- but this NYC subculture was busy taking notes. Anna Bounds, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College, has felt called to […]
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Reimagining insurance and climate resilience
Universities and insurers are joining forces to rethink how society understands and manages climate risk. Hurricane rainfall flooded road. Drowned car on city street in Florida residential area. Consequences of hurricane natural disaster. The University of Georgia and Duke University are partnering with leaders from the insurance and climate data industries to launch the Center for […]
