The costs of natural disasters continue to rise. Even as FEMA provides community recovery assistance, it also spends billions each year on hazard mitigation projects. One key mitigation tool is FEMA’s support of nature-based solutions (NBS) that reduce the risks from flooding, wildfire, or drought. Earth Economics has supported FEMA as it has made NBS a key component of its hazard mitigation strategy through policy and technical assistance to communities.
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A clean, abundant water supply is critical to health and well-being, but many water sources are threatened. In Eugene, Oregon, the Eugene Water and Electric Board is taking big steps to ensure future water quality with an innovative new approach to protecting riparian zones that is setting an important precedent for water utilities.