Resilience News

The novel coronavirus outbreak has infected more than 30,000 people in China and more than 800 have died, which is more than the number of fatalities from the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s.

On Friday, July 19, Dr. Sarah Dunn from the Structural Engineering Department at Newcastle University visited the GRI office and gave a presentation titled: "Infrastructure Resilience: Planning for Future Extreme Events," which centered around her recent weather forecast consequence modeling research. Dr. Dunn's research focuses on identifying fragile architecture and vulnerable areas to establish methods to protect the weakest areas from hazards.

On Wednesday, October 30, GRI Executive Director for Research, Dr. Robin White, and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Warren Edwards, delivered a…

GRI Distinguished Senior Fellow, Marcella Nunez Smith, was named one of three Co-Chairs to President-Elect Joe Biden’s Coronavirus task force today. Dr. Nunez Smith is currently working with the GRI team as an advisor on a federally funded project to ensure that stakeholder engagement is diverse in makeup and representation so that resilience issues are looked at with equity and inclusion.

Read More Distinguished Senior Fellow, Dr. Atyia Martin was featured on Boston Globe's magazine for her Non-profit's community-wide initiative, "Black…

Dozens have died during a sweltering heat wave in Karachi, a southern port city in Pakistan, according to the Edhi Foundation, an organization that runs the city’s morgue. The foundation reports that 114 bodies were brought to their morgue from Saturday through Monday, and attributed 65 of the deaths to heat stroke. The province’s health minister, Fazlullah Pechuho, disputes that report.Sustained temperatures of over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, including upwards of 111 degrees on Monday, caused local authorities to urge people to stay inside and drink water. However, in a majority-Muslim city of 15 million, the heat wave has coincided with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, in which followers fast from sunrise to sunset. This fasting includes the intake of water.

“Stephen E. Flynn, political science professor at Northeastern University, explains that the Ebola story isn’t a story of federal government…

The webinar “Diversifying Power: Energy & Climate Justice with Professor Jennie C. Stephens & others'' was organized by DRIFT for transitions, Vital Cities…

General Charles Jacoby, GRI Distinguished Senior Fellow, recently released a new book, AGILITY: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize…

The presidential candidates at the CNN climate forum on Wednesday repeatedly emphasized how climate change is hurting low-income communities and people of…

We are pleased to report that GRI Distinguished Senior Fellow, Admiral Peter Neffenger (USCG Ret.), has joined President-Elect Joe Biden's Agency Review team under the Department of Homeland Security team.

Resilience conversations often refer to humans’ extraordinary ability to cope, adapt and thrive in the face of major shocks and disasters, both man-made and natural. Across the United States, however, communities are facing significant challenges to building resilience on a daily basis, and are experiencing an increasing inability to bounce back.