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July 21, 2016
Nature: A Better, Faster, Cost-Effective Answer for Climate Resilience?
Triple Pundit (Blog)
Earlier this month, I was a featured speaker at a forum on the State of Resilience hosted by the National Academy of Sciences. In the panel’s closing remarks, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, who retired last week as chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, spotlighted living shorelines as a “natural way that we can reclaim some of our land and take the focus off of expensive infrastructure.”

June 29, 2016
US Needs Smarter Disaster Planning
Scientific American
"The lesson we keep learning is that past data is not keeping up with changing environmental trends, population densities, technology," said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate during a gathering at the National Academy of Sciences focused on resilience.

June 29, 2016
ADAPTATION: FEMA chief: Warming requires better post-disaster planning
Climate Wire (subscription only)
"The lesson we keep learning is that past data is not keeping up with changing environmental trends, population densities, technology," said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate during a gathering at the National Academy of Sciences focused on resilience.
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