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Shocks to the built environment, like the recent earthquakes in Nepal, drive home the opportunity to borrow from ecosystems.
by Tom McKeag
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The German Climate Computing Center is now using IBM's data analytics technology to manage the world’s largest cache of climate simulation data.
by Mike Hower
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The Big Apple is following the lead of cities such as Los Angeles in breaking down barriers to address interconnected social and environmental obstacles.
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In an effort to avoid power outage risks highlighted by extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy, New York is moving ahead with research to improve energy resilience.
by Bobby Magill
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How a city undergoing rapid economic and social change is taking on challenges such as rising sea levels, earthquakes and an influx of new development.
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Women are disproportionately impacted by disasters, but they are rarely included in disaster and resilience planning. That must change.
by Reynard Loki
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One way to make cities and states pay attention to resilience: tie funding to concrete action.
by John Upton
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Weather shocks like Hurricane Sandy have pushed real estate developers in major markets like New York City and Chicago to find new ways to pay for housing that can stand up to a volatile climate.
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The Silicon Valley solar company is now offering a tool for cities seeking new resiliency measures to better control their electricity sourcing and distribution.
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Southeast Asia's Lower Mekong Basin provides a vivid case study on the potential economic costs of inaction on climate change.
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The climate-smart agriculture campaign is using a host of measures to keep farmers ahead of the impacts of rising temperatures and unstable weather.
by Lisa Palmer
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As the planet warms, new careers in resilience are starting to emerge around companies such as Nike, Verizon and Starbucks.
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Michael Kramer describes how investing needs to take ecological and geopolitical climate into account in his new book, The Resilient Investor.
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Kenya's tech hub is developing technologies to solve local problems with global impacts.
by Mike Hower
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Ten percent of all Bangladeshi households rely on solar power, while floating schools and farms are a hedge against rising seas.
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The tech titans are putting a premium on financial predictability. What does that mean for the future of corporate energy?
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An award-winning design project demonstrates how a resilient living wall could buffer Staten Island from extreme weather.
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Disasters that knock factories offline, scarce resources and shifting social dynamics — welcome to the daunting new world of sustainable business.
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Why R should stand for resilience in the lexicon of sustainable business.
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From low-carbon investments to adaptation, companies can take many steps to address climate change and manage its risks.
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Water crises, climate change and biodiversity loss are among the biggest threats facing the world. Why aren't businesses better prepared?
by Will Nichols
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We need to get smarter about how to harness digital assets to defend against extreme events and operate more resiliently.
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What happened in the world of smart cities over the past 12 months? These dozen bite-size poems recap a busy season.
by Sue Lebeck
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Preparing infrastructure for extreme weather events is good for business and for the community, argues the CEO of real estate giant SM Prime Holding.
by Hans Sy
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Both companies supported a U.N. initiative to develop a Disaster Resilience Scorecard for cities to evaluate degrees of preparedness for natural disasters.