Adaptation and Resilience
Communities around the world are experiencing the impacts of climate change, from coastal flooding due to sea-level rise to extreme storms and heat waves. RFF experts are evaluating strategies to enhance resilience to extreme weather events and encourage effective community adaptation.
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Resources Radio — Mar 4, 2025
Reimagining Homeowners Insurance, with Carolyn Kousky
Carolyn Kousky discusses the increasing instability of homeowners insurance markets, along with potential solutions that her nonprofit, Insurance for Good, is pursuing to help increase access to insurance and advance social and environmental goals.
Common Resources — Jul 3, 2024
Community Responses to Flooding Are Significant, but Not Sufficient
Flooding is the costliest natural disaster in the United States. Communities do commit resources and funding to resilience measures after floods, but additional measures are necessary to adapt to climate change.
On the Issues — Jun 21, 2024
On the Issues: Tolls in New York City, Extreme Heat and Hospitals, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: tolls in New York City, extreme heat and hospitals, and more.
Press Release — Jun 18, 2024
After Floods, Communities Invest in Resilience Measures. But Is It Enough?
New research finds that communities routinely take measures to build resilience in the aftermath of flooding disasters, even if those measures are costly or politically fraught.
Working Paper — Jun 18, 2024
Community Responses to Flooding in Risk Mitigation Actions: Evidence from the Community Rating System
Though communities damaged by floods routinely take measures to build resilience in the aftermath of flooding disasters, even if those measures are costly or politically fraught, disaster-driven measures are often not enough to protect communities from fu
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.
Explainer — Dec 13, 2023
Flooding in the United States 102: Policy and Solutions
This explainer details several policy tools aimed at reducing our communities' exposure and vulnerability to flood risk.
Journal Article — Jul 20, 2023
The Spread and Cost of Saltwater Intrusion in the US Mid-Atlantic
This journal article develops a high-resolution dataset showing salt patches on farm fringes and quantifies the extent of salt-impacted lands across the Delmarva Peninsula.
Environmental Justice Series — Jun 17, 2021
Environmental Justice: Climate Impacts, Adaptation, and Resilience
Environmental Justice: Climate Impacts, Adaptation, and Resilience
Speech/Presentation — Jan 5, 2021
Wildfires, Smoke, and Outdoor Recreation in the Western United States
Wildfires, Smoke, and Outdoor Recreation in the Western United States
Policy Leadership Series — Nov 20, 2020
Policy Leadership Series with the Honorable Mary Landrieu
Policy Leadership Series with the Honorable Mary Landrieu
RFF Live — Dec 17, 2019
Healthy Soils for a Healthier Planet
Healthy Soils for a Healthier Planet
Resources Radio — Mar 4, 2025
Reimagining Homeowners Insurance, with Carolyn Kousky
Carolyn Kousky discusses the increasing instability of homeowners insurance markets, along with potential solutions that her nonprofit, Insurance for Good, is pursuing to help increase access to insurance and advance social and environmental goals.
Common Resources — Jul 3, 2024
Community Responses to Flooding Are Significant, but Not Sufficient
Flooding is the costliest natural disaster in the United States. Communities do commit resources and funding to resilience measures after floods, but additional measures are necessary to adapt to climate change.
On the Issues — Jun 21, 2024
On the Issues: Tolls in New York City, Extreme Heat and Hospitals, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: tolls in New York City, extreme heat and hospitals, and more.
Common Resources — Jun 13, 2024
Bending (Not Breaking) Fisheries Management to Help Fishing Communities Adapt to Climate Change
Sudden, extreme environmental events that harm both fish populations and the fishers that depend on them are becoming more frequent. Ideally, new policies will allow fishers more adaptability in response to such shocks without sacrificing sustainability.
Press Release — Jun 18, 2024
After Floods, Communities Invest in Resilience Measures. But Is It Enough?
New research finds that communities routinely take measures to build resilience in the aftermath of flooding disasters, even if those measures are costly or politically fraught.
Press Release — May 4, 2023
Sea Level Rise in the Chesapeake Region May Expose Over 263,000 Jobs to Flood Risk by 2050
A new working paper has found that, due to sea level rise, approximately 87,000 more jobs near the Chesapeake Bay will be at risk of a 100-year flood event in 2050 compared to present.
Media Highlight — Dec 5, 2022
Outrider: "Is a River Infrastructure? Experts Say the US is Rediscovering the Value of Natural Systems"
A story about the importance of riverine ecosystem services extensively quotes Fellow Hannah Druckenmiller.
Media Highlight — Oct 19, 2022
Mountain West News Bureau: "Wildfire Experts Talk Solutions as Risk Grows for Homeowners in the Wildland-Urban Interface"
A radio story aired by public radio stations across the American West details some insights from a mid-October RFF Live panel discussion on wildfire risk and resilience.
