The effects of climate change have created a new job in municipalities in the United States: More and more coastal cities across the county are hiring ...
Platform helps cities to prepare for disasters
A new platform, called the City Resilience Index, helps cities preparing for natural disasters and climate change. The tool generates a distinct resilience ...
New digital database aims to save lives
A new digital database, called ThinkHazard!, aims to reduce the impact of natural disasters with providing guidance and advice for hazards around the ...
Rotterdam launches resilience strategy
The city of Rotterdam, Netherlands, has announced its first resilience strategy which aims to tackle current urban challenges. In order to become a ...
World Bank: Cities unprepared for increasing climate risk
According to the World Bank, Cities around the globe are failing to prepare for growing climate and disaster risk such as extreme weather conditions. In ...
Website aims to help prepare for extreme weather
The state of New York has launched a website which aims to help communities across its territory to prepare for extreme weather conditions. The site ...
Conflict in Syria: The role of climate change and agricultural decline
While the conflict in Syria is primarily caused by ideological, political and religious differences, environmental issues may have contributed the country ...
The effects of improving building efficiency
According a new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI), accelerating energy efficiency in buildings could have even more benefits than reducing ...
FM Global ranks countries by quality of their resilience
Global insurance company FM Global has released its 2016 FM Global Resilience Index, which ranks 130 countries worldwide by their quality to resist ...
How a city on the Philippines prepares for water scarcity
Despite being surrounded with water, Zamboanga City is struggling with water scarcity. In order to prepare for future droughts, the city recently set up ...
