Resilience
Saved by the sea: How oceans are helping countries cope with climate change
BY JACKIE RYAN, JULY 19th 2018 Earlier this year, Cape Town made international headlines. Reports had been surfacing that the coastal city, which serves as South Africa’s legislative capital, was running out of water. Theewaterskloof, once Cape Town’s largest freshwater resource,...
Are Microgrids the key to energy resilience? Lessons from Hurricane Maria
BY JACKIE RYAN , JUNE 7, 2018 A day without power almost seems impossible in today’s fast-paced, industrialized world. With electricity powering household appliances, utilities, and handheld devices, it can be difficult to imagine life without it. The US power grid...
Knowing your neighbors can save your life — here’s why
BY MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO, MAY 10th, 2018 This week, our podcast, Cooler Earth, focuses on building resilience and social capital in the face of climate change. Be sure to catch the episode airing Thursday 5/10, and in the meantime, here is...
Nor’easter hits Boston again… and again
by MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO, MARCH 15th, 2018 Embed from Getty Images Winter is far from over in New England. This week the Northeast was hit with another winter storm, the third in 10 days, and the fourth severe storm this winter. Yet...
Bomb-cyclone strikes again, exposing the looming threat of climate change
by MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO POLICY AND RESEARCH FELLOW MARCH, 6TH, 2018 Last Friday, Boston experienced a bomb-cyclone, resulting in the third-highest storm tide on record, at almost 15 feet. The Nor’easter struck a mere seven weeks since I wrote a piece...