India has expanded heat action plans and cooling pilots, but weak funding, uneven building-code enforcement and poor city ...

No matter where you live, extreme weather can hit your area and change your life. Whether it’s a hurricane, winter storm, flash flood, tornado, wildfire, or heat wave, disasters can damage or destroy ...

As AI becomes increasingly capable, tech leaders at Singapore’s ATxSummit urge governments and industry to build safety and accountability into AI systems before a major disaster strikes ...

American International College (AIC) has introduced new programs focused on preparing the next generation of public service leaders, including undergraduate degrees in fire science and emergency ...

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In recent months, AI models have become much better at writing, debugging, and testing code. This has scrambled the AI race, making the software-focused Anthropic its leader and sending everyone else ...

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

A series of severe tornadoes carved a 32‑mile path of destruction across eastern Nebraska on April 26, 2024, damaging or destroying nearly 1,000 homes and leaving many elderly, rural, and vulnerable ...