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COVID-19 Highlights the Need to Plan for Joint Disasters
Summertime brings hurricane season, heat waves, wildfires, and flooding. Is the U.S. prepared to deal with extreme weather at the same time as a pandemic?
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Damaging Rains From Hurricanes Can Be More Intense After Winds Subside
According to new research, the rains that come once the storm has weakened may actually be more intense than when the storm is at its strongest.
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FEMA’S Failure and the Catastrophe of Our Federal Government
We have reason to question the competence and readiness of the federal government after over two years of amateurish, chaotic and dominantly political presidential leadership.
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Midwestern Floods, Climate Resiliency, and the Green New Deal
Midwestern floods, Western forest fires, and coastal hurricanes are creating a call for climate resilient infrastructure. The Green New Deal is a way to respond to that demand.
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After Florence: Improving the Management of Toxic Materials
This is an opportunity to reengineer and reimagine the way toxic materials are managed.
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We Need Community
We need to understand and empathize with our neighbors in need in order to build open, creative, generous and diverse communities.
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Where Will Future Migrants Come From?
A project that anticipates how people will move in response to environmental changes could help to bolster social and humanitarian support for countries in crisis.
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Children Highly Vulnerable to Health Risks from Climate Change
Madeleine Thomson, a senior research scientist at IRI and a senior research scholar at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, is a co-editor of PLOS Medicine‘s special issue on Climate Change and Health. Articles in the issue cover climate-related impacts, adaptation and mitigation.
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New Round of Funding Supports Earth Institute Research Around the Globe
The President’s Global Innovation Fund will provide grants to four Earth Institute research projects.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
