
In Florida and Texas, Keeping the Lights on Means Planning for Climate Change
New York’s lessons from Hurricane Sandy can help in the wake of Harvey and Irma.
New York’s lessons from Hurricane Sandy can help in the wake of Harvey and Irma.
How a business contributes to and is impacted by the changing climate is becoming increasingly important for shareholders.
National security is about protecting the safety and way of life of the American people. It is the single most important responsibility of government. We need to get past dysfunction and treat natural and human made disaster response and recovery as a national security issue.
It’s too soon to say there’s a connection, but searching for the fingerprints of climate change shouldn’t take too long.
From managing flood insurance to controlling toxic pollutants, these policy issues will influence how well Texas can bounce back from the disaster, and how we’ll handle such storms in the future.
As Texas reels in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, our scientists are helping to make sense of how this storm became so destructive, and what’s needed for recovery.
The director of Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness weighs in on the heartbreaking devastation in Texas.
Climate change is a test of our ability to identify, understand and act on critical global environmental issues. It tests our ability to work across national borders and across academic and professional fields of knowledge.