Climate Risks and Resilience
Communities and decisionmakers across the globe are grappling with how to measure climate risks as they seek to respond to the impacts of climate change, from coastal flooding due to sea level rise to heat waves and wildfires. Experts at Resources for the Future (RFF) are quantifying the economic and social impacts of climate change and evaluating strategies to enhance resilience, ensuring that communities and decisionmakers are equipped with the tools they need to respond.
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Topics
Adaptation and Resilience
Building resilience and adapting to a changing world
Coastal Resilience
Assessing the design and application of policies to build resilience
Ecosystem Services
Developing environmental management solutions
Hurricanes and Flooding
Studying the impacts of hurricanes and flooding on people and the environment
Insurance and Disaster Aid
Examining ways to make insurance options more affordable
Natural Infrastructure
Examining costs and benefits to inform investment and implementation
Water Resources
Informing effective water management policies, from water rights to quality
Wildfires
Analyzing how communities, land managers, and policymakers can mitigate wildfire disasters
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Working Paper — Apr 19, 2024
Wildfire Smoke in the United States
This working paper identifies priorities and policy options for mitigating the health, economic, and wellbeing impacts of wildfire smoke in the United States.
Common Resources — Mar 12, 2024
Living with Wildfire: Adapting to the New Normal
A report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission confirms an increasingly acknowledged phenomenon: that intense, destructive wildfires are the new normal.
On the Issues — Mar 8, 2024
On the Issues: Geopolitics of Critical Minerals, Wildfire Risk to Private Property
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: geopolitics of critical minerals, wildfire risk to private property, and more.
Media Highlight — Mar 6, 2024
Mountain State Spotlight: “Money for West Virginia’s Flood Mitigation Efforts Hangs in the Balance”
An article in a West Virginia news outlet cites an RFF explainer in its analysis of West Virginia flood resilience policy.
Working Paper — Apr 19, 2024
Wildfire Smoke in the United States
This working paper identifies priorities and policy options for mitigating the health, economic, and wellbeing impacts of wildfire smoke in the United States.
Journal Article — Feb 1, 2024
Risk Disclosure and Home Prices: Evidence from California Wildfire Hazard Zones
Risk Disclosure and Home Prices: Evidence from California Wildfire Hazard Zones
Journal Article — Jan 25, 2024
Machine Learning Predicts Which Rivers, Streams, and Wetlands the Clean Water Act Regulates
RFF University Fellow Hannah Druckenmiller coauthored this study, which used a deep learning model to find that Supreme Court and White House rules offer dramatically different Clean Water Act regulation.
Working Paper — Dec 15, 2023
Managed Retreat and Flood Recovery: The Local Economic Impacts of a Buyout and Acquisition Program
This working paper evaluates the property- and neighborhood-level impacts of a buyout and acquisition program in New York State following Hurricane Sandy.
RFF Live — Nov 30, 2022
Sparking Solutions: Wildfire Risk and Insurance
The third RFF Live event in the "Sparking Solutions" event series examining the role of insurance in mitigating the risks of wildfire.
RFF Live — Oct 12, 2022
Sparking Solutions: Reducing Risk at the Wildland-Urban Interface
On Wednesday, October 12, Resources for the Future (RFF) hosted the second RFF Live event in the “Sparking Solutions” webinar series, where we discussed the benefits and challenges of addressing the WUI problem.
RFF Live — Sep 7, 2022
Sparking Solutions: The Fuels Management Challenge and Opportunity
Examining the role of fuels management in mitigating the impacts and intensity of wildfires
RFF Live — Sep 1, 2022
An Updated Social Cost of Carbon: Calculating the Cost of Climate Change
A multi-institutional research team unveils its updated estimate of the social cost of carbon
Common Resources — Mar 12, 2024
Living with Wildfire: Adapting to the New Normal
A report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission confirms an increasingly acknowledged phenomenon: that intense, destructive wildfires are the new normal.
On the Issues — Mar 8, 2024
On the Issues: Geopolitics of Critical Minerals, Wildfire Risk to Private Property
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: geopolitics of critical minerals, wildfire risk to private property, and more.
Resources Radio — Mar 5, 2024
Wildfire Risk and Home Prices, with Lala Ma
Lala Ma discusses the effect on housing prices in California of informing homebuyers about the risk of wildfire.
On the Issues — Feb 23, 2024
On the Issues: Housing Policy, Dam Removals, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: housing policy, dam removals, and more.
Media Highlight — Mar 6, 2024
Mountain State Spotlight: “Money for West Virginia’s Flood Mitigation Efforts Hangs in the Balance”
An article in a West Virginia news outlet cites an RFF explainer in its analysis of West Virginia flood resilience policy.
Media Highlight — Feb 29, 2024
Virginia Mercury: “A Proposed Army Corps Change Could Affect Hundreds of Billions in Federal Funding”
RFF Senior Fellow Leonard Shabman is quoted in this article about flood resilience policies in Norfolk, Virginia.
Media Highlight — Feb 5, 2024
Smithsonian Magazine: “Six Big Ways Climate Change Could Impact the United States by 2100”
RFF Fellow Matthew Wibbenmeyer comments on the threat of climate-driven wildfire.
Media Highlight — Jan 5, 2024
E&E News: “Home Buyouts Raise NY Property Values after Historic Flooding”
Research led by RFF Fellow Yanjun (Penny) Liao on recovery efforts post-Hurricane Sandy is discussed and contextualized in this story.
