Behavioral safety assessment may quantify the 'ability to see risk' to prevent industrial accidents

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a behavior-based safety ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Safeguarding the Food System: Exploring Hazard- and Risk-Based Approaches to Food Safety---A Workshop

The Food Forum will host a workshop on September 4-5, 2024 that will explore the state of the science around hazard- and risk-based approaches to safeguarding both domestic and global food systems. A ...
Nature

Systemic Risk Induced by Natural Hazards

The mid-term review of Sendai Framework underscored that there are growing concerns on the acknowledgement of multi-hazard, multidimensional, and systemic nature of risk. The global risk science ...
Los Angeles Times

Do you live in a wildfire hazard zone? Here’s what that means

Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians into its Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The zones, referenced in over 100 sections of code and regulation, are tied to home hardening, defensible space ...
CNBC

More than 18 million rental units at risk from climate hazards as extreme weather becomes more common, Harvard study finds

The U.S. experienced 28 weather and climate disasters in 2023, costing a total of $92.9 billion in damages, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. More than 18 million ...