By Lesley Rankin, Open Democracy
As flooding events like those seen in Germany, Belgium, China and London become ever more common, policymakers must not see people just as potential victims of the climate crisis.
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
The next several months could bring hurricanes, floods and fire, on top of the pandemic currently raging through the country. How do you shelter in place during an evacuation?
By Scott Gabriel Knowles, The Conversation
It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple states and at least 20 million people will do it. Clustered disasters hold our attention in ways that singular events cannot – they open our minds to the possibility that these aren’t just accidents or natural phenomena to be painfully endured.
By MaryKate O'Brien, Project for Public Spaces
A resilient place has traditionally been considered one that is capable of “bouncing back.”
By Ryan Koronowski, Climate Progress
On Monday morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the recommendations of a task force dedicated to finding solutions for rebuilding in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
By R. James Woolsey, Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology
Malevolent threats to national security are the product of human choice, such as terrorists choosing to attack our electricity grid or oil production facilities in the Middle East.Malignant threats are associated with the collapse of a complex system
By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
Alberta, always a geography of maximum weather, is now climate change central in Canada due to exponential growth in human communities and all in the path of increasing floods, droughts, fires...