Critical infrastructure

A new effort by Kochi’s local authorities, supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is now underway to restore the city’s waterways, which are seen as crucial to helping the city adapt to the changing climate.

Helping communities predict extreme weather events that have never been recorded in modern history is the focus of a new study published in Nature Communications.

In a significant step toward enhancing bridge safety, a new research bridge was inaugurated in Bautzen, Germany, on March 19, 2025.

A newly launched Global Tool and Finance Report, developed by the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute and the Global Center on Adaptation, aim to help scale investment in nature-based solutions for climate infrastructure resilience.

Electric utilities across the United States are shutting off power to a growing number of households, according to a recent report that also found most shutoffs happened during last year’s record-hot summer.

Ultra-stable laser technology is being used to detect earthquakes in the Southwest Pacific thanks to an inventive method known as optical interferometry on seafloor cables.

Researchers led by the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have now published a study on the ecological consequences of the Kakhovka Dam collapse in Ukraine.

This report details how United States local regulators can reinforce the resilience of utilities. The report highlights funding issues across the private and public water and wastewater sectors.