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Drought Can Hit Almost Anywhere: How Five Cities That Nearly Ran Dry Got Water Use Under Control

Feb 5, 2025
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Ensuring Resilient Water Infrastructure Requires Creative Financing

Oct 21, 2024

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Mar 13, 2026

Knowledge Economy 2045: A vision for the future

These workshops explored how governance and economic systems must evolve to support a sustainable knowledge economy by 2045. Key priorities include global institution reform, strengthening of supply chains and aligning of systems with climate goals.
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Feb 12, 2026

A Systemic Risk Assessment Methodological Framework for the Global Polycrisis

By assessing two recent global food and energy systemic crises, we propose a methodological framework applicable to assessing systemic risks in a polycrisis context, drawing from and building on existing approaches.
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Sep 15, 2025

China's Water Future: Key Decisions, Challenges, and Trade-Offs

The authors of this report analyzed China’s water stress and recent water resource policy decisions to identify the current and future implications of water resource constraints for China’s strategic planning.
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Aug 25, 2025

Leveraging Decision-Support Systems to Increase Urban Water Security

Decision-support systems can help decision makers evaluate response strategies before an urban drinking water supply crisis occurs. The experiences of five cities that have dealt with a drought-induced crisis are discussed in this article.
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May 28, 2025

Seabed Safety, Security, and Stewardship: Future Implications for U.S. Coast Guard Strategy, Policy, and Operations

This report outlines the potential implications of seabed developments for the future U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard might consider developing organizational structures, doctrine, partnerships, technology, and enhanced maritime domain awareness.
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Feb 5, 2025

Drought Can Hit Almost Anywhere: How Five Cities That Nearly Ran Dry Got Water Use Under Control

Communities across the United States can learn from the experiences of cities that have had to confront major water supply crises and start planning now to avoid the worst impacts of future droughts.
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Feb 3, 2025

Decarbonizing Aviation with Electrochemical Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide-Based Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel

This report describes barriers to large-scale development of electrochemical sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) using captured carbon dioxide. It offers recommendations for philanthropic organizations to support the long-term growth of the SAF market.
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Jan 15, 2025

Learning from Crises to Build Urban Water Security: Lessons from Five Cities

In this report, the authors examine the experiences of five cities with severe or catastrophic water supply risks to identify steps that could be taken ahead of time to mitigate those risks and build urban water security.
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Nov 8, 2024

Adaptation vs. Mitigation of Climate Change: What Do Developing Countries Need?

The urgent need to address climate change involves both mitigation and adaptation. Despite high returns on adaptation investments, funding remains stagnant, with developing countries facing a large annual gap. Enhanced support from developed nations is crucial.
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Aug 19, 2024

The Double-Edged Sword of Air Conditioning in a Warming World

Last summer was the hottest on record and 2024 looks to be hotter still. Cranking up the AC can provide temporary relief but it could lead to greater vulnerability to extreme climate events over time. Fortunately, there are strategies that could reduce air conditioning's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Aug 5, 2024

Assessing Benefits and Risks Between the Space Economies and the Sustainable Development Goals

This paper presents the findings from an expert elicitation process to assess the benefits and risks of the Earth-for-space, space-for-Earth, and space-for-space economies for the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Jul 12, 2024

IPCC's Next Assessment Needs to Tackle the Complexities of Catastrophic Risk

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is well positioned to tackle the global threats posed by the climate emergency. What is needed is a concerted effort to confront the stark realities of catastrophic risk and interpret that literature through a policy-relevant lens.

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