A paradise Made in Hell by Rebecca Solnit A Paradise Built in Hell is an eye-opening account of how much hope and solidarity emerges in the face of sudden disaster Disaster […]
A paradise Made in Hell
A paradise Made in Hell Or Delighted by the Joy of Bad Things Life is getting a lot harder for people. Housing and food are unaffordable. More and more people […]
Global Disaster Resistance Report 2022
UN Disaster Risk Reduction Report 2022 Executive summary Link to full report is https://www.undrr.org/publication/global-assessment-report-disaster-risk-reduction-2022 The central question for this Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022) is how […]
Blown away: The split incentive that drives storm outages
Reflections on last weekend’s storm from Principal Economist Dave Sawyer. Last Saturday, widespread storm mayhem blasted through Ontario and pummelled Quebec. Shortly after the five minutes of weather fury ended, […]
Preparing for Disaster While Making Electricity
Humboldt County, California, is at the end of the line, electrically speaking. Earthquakes, floods, landslides, and wildfires cut off utilities—and roads—into the area. PG&E, the state’s largest utility, has begun […]