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A new study estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic coast. A new study published in Nature ...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—887 million out of 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution.

Environmental risk has always been a factor in data center site selection and design, but climate change is dramatically increasing the threat to these mission-critical facilities from extreme weather ...

Josiah Kephart, faculty member at the Urban Health Collaborative (UHC) and Usama Bilal, Co-Director of the UHC, have recently published a dual commentary in Nature Medicine. The article, Disentangling ...

This funding opportunity seeks to advance the understanding of climate hazard (e.g. extreme heat, sea level rise, flooding and extreme weather events) effects on communities that are overburdened1 by ...

New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...