While El Niño is a contributor to 2023’s extreme heat, that warm event has only just begun. The steroids fueling extreme weather are the heat-trapping gases from burning coal, oil and gas for energy around the world.
Some places are more prone to hazards such as earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes, but there’s nowhere where the risk is zero. That is why designing for resilience is critica.,
Americans recently received a sobering reminder that the world has changed forever. That fact has far-reaching implications for the industries that build our cities, towns and the systems that sustain our way of life.