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Dec 4, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Jenny Schuetz |Adie Tomer |Julia Gill |Caroline George
Across the U.S., more frequent and destructive climate events are impacting our day-to-day lives and communities. The physical, economic, and human costs of these events are increasing and becoming more obvious over time. The average annual damages from weather- and climate-related disasters jumped from $18 billion in the 1980s to $81 billion in the 2010s, and the 2020s are easily on pace to shatter that record.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Caroline George |Adie Tomer
The past three years have been a remarkable period for household travel across America. Pandemic-era health restrictions, office closures, and surging e-commerce all contributed to striking changes in how, when, and where people traveled outside their homes. Decades-long patterns such as rush hour and holiday travel suddenly looked different.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Adie Tomer |Caroline George
American households live amid a transportation conundrum. From a technological perspective, no developed country makes greater use of private vehicles and their incredible ability to cover long distances in relatively little time. The problem is that all those vehicles come at a real cost to society: growing environmental damage, unsafe roads, higher household transportation spending, and rising costs to maintain all the infrastructure.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
mothernature.news | Adie Tomer |Caroline George
By Adie Tomer, Caroline GeorgeLater this year, Congress is set to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which opens up the opportunity to modernize and reform the nation’s airports and airlines.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Adie Tomer |Caroline George
Later this year, Congress is set to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which opens up the opportunity to modernize and reform the nation’s airports and airlines.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Adie Tomer |Caroline George
Airports play a central role in our national economy, from expanding our information and tourism industries to connecting people to their loved ones. The problem is that the country’s airports are under threat from a changing climate, including rising sea levels, extreme heat, and other weather-related events. Compounding this problem is the lack of any major policy response, including a lack of federal programs dedicated to building resilience at the country’s commercial service airports.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
mothernature.news | Caroline George |Joseph Kane |Adie Tomer
By Caroline George, Joseph Kane, Adie TomerEven as the international community coordinates global climate action through the Paris Agreement and the U.S. government makes strides through major bills such as the Inflation Reduction Act, there is plenty that cities must still do on their own to clean up their economies and built environments. One of the most frequent approaches are decarbonization plans, which are often nested within larger climate action plans.
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Feb 22, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Caroline George |Joseph Kane |Adie Tomer
Even as the international community coordinates global climate action through the Paris Agreement and the U.S. government makes strides through major bills such as the Inflation Reduction Act, there is plenty that cities must still do on their own to clean up their economies and built environments. One of the most frequent approaches are decarbonization plans, which are often nested within larger climate action plans.
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Feb 9, 2023 | 
mothernature.news | Jenny Schuetz |Adie Tomer |Caroline George |Joseph Kane
By Jenny Schuetz, Adie Tomer, Caroline George, Joseph Kane, Julia GillThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a website documenting climate-related disasters that cause over $1 billion in losses. The agency lists 18 such events in 2022, including droughts and wildfires in the Southwest, floods in Kentucky and Missouri, hailstorms in the Upper Midwest, hurricanes in Florida, and tornadoes in the Southeast.
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Feb 8, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Jenny Schuetz |Adie Tomer |Caroline George |Joseph Kane |Julia Gill
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a website documenting climate-related disasters that cause over $1 billion in losses. The agency lists 18 such events in 2022, including droughts and wildfires in the Southwest, floods in Kentucky and Missouri, hailstorms in the Upper Midwest, hurricanes in Florida, and tornadoes in the Southeast.
