Alice C. Hill

The World Faces a Sharp Rise in Extreme Weather. Can AI Help? Artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful tool to improve the accuracy and timeliness of forecasting, with 2024 proving to be a banner year for swift progress.

With #Trump reversing course on climate #mitigation, #adaptation has never been more important.

One of the 1st steps communities should take to adapt is improving #earlywarning. #AI has the potential to create more accurate warnings than existing methods.

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California's Wildfires Demand Action | Think Global Health The January 2025 Los Angeles fires reveal the damaging health consequences of climate-charged hazards

#LosAngeles is burning again. The catastrophic fires reveal #health consequences of #wildfire.

To address these health threats, Priyanka Mahat and I identify immediate solutions in this article for the @cfr.org Think Global Health initiative.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/cali...

Governor outlines plans intended strengthen state's resilience against extreme weather events The governor has announced proposals that his office said ate intended to strengthen the state’s resilience against the impacts of extreme weather events and climate change. “I understand that there a...

Which resilient future do you want?
Trump's? He killed the national flood standard requiring elevation of buildings in areas at flood risk where federal dollars are used

Or CT Gov. Lamont's? He seeks new resilience measures for extreme weather, including stronger building & land use practices

Trump signs order to pull US out of Paris climate agreement amid deadly, costly disasters | CNN Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.

With Trump’s exit from the #Paris #climate agreement, all countries—including the US—should amp #adaptation efforts. “Drill, baby, drill” =“Fry, baby, fry.”As CA’s #wildfires have revealed we don’t know how to adapt to the heat that’s already here—much less what’s ahead www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/c...

After the Fires: How to Rebuild Los Angeles The wildfire devastation in Los Angeles will require California to develop far greater resiliency to climate-worsened disasters to sustain its revival—and a path for withstanding future disasters.

LA faces two choices as it rebuilds: 1) put everything back as it was or 2) rebuild a climate-resilient city.

With more climate-fueled wildfire on the horizon, LA has to pick 2. Otherwise property insurers will exit.

Here's my take on the challenge in @cfr.org
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