On February 26, 2025, the residents of Dockside Condominiums in Charleston, S.C. were given a mandatory evacuation notice and just 48 hours to get out of their building. Engineering inspections had ...
In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2025 - The World Bank has approved $60 million for the Strengthening Urban Resilience Project to reduce erosion and flood risks and improve access to climate-resilient and ...
Most U.S. infrastructure was built decades ago and therefore designed for a climate that no longer exists. Sectors with the worst grades from the American Society of Civil Engineers include airports, ...
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India, Feb. 24 -- The increasing frequency and intensity of climate-induced disasters have made disaster risk reduction and climate action two of the most urgent priorities of the twenty-first century ...
The loss of life in Texas’ recent floods has brought national attention to flood disasters. The best protection against this most common and costly natural disaster is investment in resilient water ...
The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program provides funding for communities to fortify ...
Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, lashed out at President Donald Trump’s cuts to programs combating climate change on Friday in Pacifica, where local officials and residents have been left scrambling to ...
Hells Canyon,Oregon, Wednesday, April 26, 2023- The Snake River rushes through Hell's Canyon Dam as night falls. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The global economy runs on two ...
The cities of Tuscaloosa and Alberta were a couple of the hardest hit areas on April 27, 2011 when an huge tornado devastated the both cities late in the afternoon. Lasting progress takes time and is ...
Over the past decade, private infrastructure AUM have skyrocketed, more than quadrupling to an impressive $1.5 trillion in 2024, reflecting 5% growth from the previous year and a 16% CAGR over the ...