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How Rising Seas and Coastal Storms Drowned the U.S. Flood Insurance Program
Read the entire article at YaleEnvironment360. Sea level rise and more severe storms are overwhelming U.S. coastal communities, causing billions of dollars in damage and essentially bankrupting the federal flood insurance program. Yet rebuilding continues, despite warnings that far more properties will soon be underwater. The federal insurance program has subsidized thousands […]
200 Cities Using New Tool to Improve Disaster-related Resilience
Read the entire article at CityScope. In a bid to boost resilience in the face of disaster, some 200 cities say they will start using a new tool to develop strategies for curbing disaster losses from climate change and other risks. The tool was released last week at the Global Platform for Risk Reduction summit held in […]
Millennials Way More Serious About Climate Change
Read the full article at Future of Sharing. Millennials, worried about climate change, are looking to new ideas and companies for solutions. They’re rejecting the resource-trampling, gas-guzzling ways of the 20th century and seeking cleaner ways to live. There’s plenty of research to indicate that millennials prefer access over ownership – three out […]
