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Global Climate Change
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Mitigating India's Climate-Change Misery
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Oct 11, 2018
Project Syndicate
Despite years of dire forecasts, the international community has been unable to halt the steady climb in global temperatures, and it is the world's poorest who are paying the heaviest toll. As heat-related risks intensify, those living on the margins—in India and elsewhere—will need help to cope effectively.
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Natural Hazards
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RAND Wins $2.1 Million Grant to Improve Landslide Prediction
Oct 10, 2018
A RAND-led team that includes the University of Southern California, the University of Oregon, the Sitka Sound Science Center, and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska will design a novel landslide risk warning system for Sitka, Alaska, a coastal town of 9,000 near the landslide-prone slopes of the Tongass National Forest.
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Environmental Pollution
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Ammonia – Why the Big Stink?
Sarah Giles, Hadeel Tabaqchali, Susan Guthrie, Catriona Manville @CMManville
Sep 18, 2018
The Royal Society
Ammonia pollution harms human health and reduces the richness and diversity of the environment. As new policy frameworks are implemented in the UK, there is an opportunity to support farmers to make the changes necessary to reduce ammonia pollution.
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Occupational Training
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Appalachia Partnership Helps Both Workers and Employers in a Changing Market
Aug 30, 2018
An innovative program in Appalachia is realigning the skills of the workforce with the needs of employers, getting people back on the job and providing a 21st-century model of workforce development.
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Emerging Technologies
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A Better Way to Think About Scooters
Robert J. Lempert @RobertLempert, Tim McDonald, Andrew J. Lohn @andrewjlohn
Aug 28, 2018
Los Angeles Times
Unleashed in Santa Monica, California, last September, Bird and its competitors are now in 30 American cities and counting. Cities are responding to the scooter takeover with new regulations and increased law enforcement. But if officials rely only on 20th-century tools to integrate these 21st-century scooters into their cities, they will miss a big opportunity.
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Environmental Regulation
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Suggestions to Help EPA Successfully Implement Retrospective Reviews
Benjamin M. Miller
Jul 19, 2018
Legal Planet
The EPA's interest in including a systematic retrospective review element in new regulation has the potential to provide a transparent and well-structured method for assessing which decisions worked well and which didn't. If successful, it could serve as a role model for other regulatory agencies.
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Emergency Preparedness
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FEMA's Transformation
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Jun 8, 2018
CNN
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's strategic plan shows several shifts in U.S. disaster relief policy. Redirecting longer-term recovery operations to state and local authorities would allow FEMA to concentrate its assets on the catastrophic disasters it is uniquely designed to handle.
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Public Transportation
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Dockless Bikes Provide Urban Challenges, but China's Experience Shows They Can Work
Julian Glenesk
May 31, 2018
Cambridge Independent
By encouraging more people to cycle, bike-sharing platforms could provide many potential benefits through reduced congestion, reduced air pollution, and health benefits. But there are also challenges, including pressures on existing cycling infrastructure and the potential for theft and vandalism.
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Global Climate Change
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Staying Cool—as the Globe Warms
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Apr 23, 2018
Science and Development Network
Studies suggest that the heat of the future will exceed humans' capacity to cope. But taking advantage of smart technology, inexpensive traditional methods of cooling that require little energy use, and innovative energy-efficient technologies could provide a sustainable path forward in heat-challenged regions.
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Environmental Pollution
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Can Dirty-Air Discontent in New Delhi Push India Toward Greener Days?
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Mar 22, 2018
Inside Sources
The downside to India's dramatic economic growth is New Delhi's off-the-charts air pollution. Public health officials have compared the harms of breathing in India's capital to smoking dozens of cigarettes a day. How bad must things become before Indians demand change and make it stick?
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Gaza Strip
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Gaza on the Brink
Shira Efron @ShiraEfron
Mar 9, 2018
U.S. News & World Report
The combined risk of violence and pandemic in Gaza makes this small coastal enclave a ticking time bomb. While neither Israel nor the U.S. has the solutions to all of Gaza's water and health woes, the United States' decision to withhold funding to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency could only make things worse.
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Infrastructure Finance
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How Federal Policy Could Help Water and Wastewater Utilities
Debra Knopman, David Catt
Jan 16, 2018
Inside Sources
A targeted approach could help the federal government address the root causes of infrastructure problems more effectively than a spending initiative that simply spreads money around with the hope that more spending might do some good.
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Global Climate Change
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Moving Countries, Seeking Refuge from Climate Change
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Dec 19, 2017
The Conversation
By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people. It is daunting to envision such large flows of people, but that is why the global community should start doing so now.
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Emergency Services and Response
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RAND Researchers Visit Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Dec 19, 2017
A small team of RAND researchers went to Puerto Rico two weeks after the island was struck by Hurricane Maria. They are compiling their observations into a series of studies for the Army, with recommendations to smooth its response to future disasters.
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Finance
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Environmental Impact Bonds May Not Bear Fruit for Green Investors
Aaron Strong, Benjamin Lee Preston @bl_preston
Nov 26, 2017
Zilient
Investors may be willing to accept a lower return for socially responsible investments. But environmental impact bonds may not be the best way to leverage these investment possibilities.
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Global Climate Change
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How Hot Is Too Hot? Rising Temperatures and the Workplace
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Nov 16, 2017
Mint
Climate change is here. Future extreme heat waves are a given and will likely grow in intensity, geographic reach, and duration. Plans must be made now to ensure survival of the poorest, to protect outdoor workers, and to adapt economic planning to what is increasingly becoming a hotter planet.
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Energy and Environment

Mitigating India's Climate-Change Misery

RAND Wins $2.1 Million Grant to Improve Landslide Prediction

Ammonia – Why the Big Stink?

Appalachia Partnership Helps Both Workers and Employers in a Changing Market

A Better Way to Think About Scooters

Suggestions to Help EPA Successfully Implement Retrospective Reviews

FEMA's Transformation

Dockless Bikes Provide Urban Challenges, but China's Experience Shows They Can Work

Staying Cool—as the Globe Warms

Can Dirty-Air Discontent in New Delhi Push India Toward Greener Days?

Gaza on the Brink

How Federal Policy Could Help Water and Wastewater Utilities

Moving Countries, Seeking Refuge from Climate Change

RAND Researchers Visit Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria

Environmental Impact Bonds May Not Bear Fruit for Green Investors

How Hot Is Too Hot? Rising Temperatures and the Workplace

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