International experts in emergency medicine have warned that climate change is likely to have a severe impact on emergency services around the world. Despite this, few countries have assessed the ...

More than 2000 jurisdictions globally have declared climate emergencies. Climate emergency declarations are amongst the strongest climate change policy statements. Yet, there has been limited research ...

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“A significant feature of American government during the last fifteen years is the expansion of governmental activity on the basis of emergency.” That is the opening line in a 1949 academic paper on ...

Twenty-five months ago, the devastating Hawaii firestorm on Maui tore through Lahaina. Shortly thereafter, U.S. President Joe Biden remarked that he had already “practically” declared a climate ...