Heat risks are borne out of a combination of contextual factors (e.g., physical geography, planning efforts, political priorities, etc.) and the creation of vulnerability through exposure to the heat hazard…
In 2000, Fortune magazine observed, “Water promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century: the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations.” Like…
Extreme heat – and similar people-centered disasters like heavy wildfire smoke – kills thousands of Americans annually, more than any other weather disaster. However, U.S. disaster policy is more equipped…
The response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks included building from scratch a bioterrorism-monitoring system that remains a model for public health systems worldwide. Today we face a similarly galvanizing moment:…
Extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the U.S., yet it has never been the cause of a federal disaster declaration. This is because heat events are…