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Preventing problems like Meltdown and Spectre from reocurring requires software developers to be given sufficient information about hardware to ensure security.
The use of Agent Orange in Vietnam had deep impacts, including a poisoned water supply, birth defects and cancer. Despite decades of attempted litigation, justice for spraying victims seems unlikely.
Extreme weather is hard enough for those with a home. But imagine losing everything you own in a storm - that’s the experience of many homeless people forced to live out in the open during wild weather.
The widespread discussion as to whether the Hurricane Harvey disaster was caused by climate change or not is a dangerous distraction from the real issues.
The ability to acknowledge and display vulnerability is well-known hallmark of strong leadership. Why do we still reject it when we see it?
Our complex modern society is very vulnerable to everything from the attack in France to power failures. The good news is we can fix this.
The root cause of our vulnerability is the structure of the global economy: highly interconnected, complex and filled with turbulence.
When it comes to their targets and tactics, inmates follow a predictable pattern.
As the dust settles on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the science of climate change, the obvious question is: what do we do next? Our research, published in Nature…
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Executive Director, Sustainable & Resilient Economy, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Researcher, CSIRO’s Data61; Senior Lecturer, Adelaide University
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Professor in Education of Gender, Sexuality and Identity, Lakehead University
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Scientia Professor and John Lions Chair, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow in social vulnerability and disasters, CQUniversity Australia
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Assistant Professor, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Professor, Education, Thompson Rivers University
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Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Industry Adjunct, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Lamar University
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Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick
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Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at UCFB, University Campus of Football Business