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September 8, 2026 | News - Announcements

How States Can Help to Make Homes More Resilient

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander

Issues: Risk Mitigation, Resilience, and Preparedness

September 4, 2026 | News - Event Recordings

Watch: Resilience Finance for Local Governments Webinar

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander; Victoria Salinas

Issues: Climate Resilience and Adaptation; Risk Mitigation, Resilience, and Preparedness; Sustainable Infrastructure

May 6, 2026 | Stories and People - Program Spotlights

Duke NSOE

Introducing Ecotech, Nature’s Innovation Accelerator

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander

Issues: Ecosystem Services; Nature-Based Solutions

March 31, 2026 | News - Event Recordings

Watch: Does Nature Deliver? Monitoring the Effectiveness of Coastal Nature-Based Solutions

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander; Katie Warnell

Issues: Ecosystem Services; Nature-Based Solutions

March 12, 2026 | News - Announcements

Public Comment Open on Draft Nature Record National Assessment Through May 31

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander

Issues: Nature-Based Solutions

October 22, 2025

Reimagining Insurance and Resilience in a Changing World

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander; Francis Bouchard

Issues: Climate Resilience and Adaptation; Risk Mitigation, Resilience, and Preparedness

October 16, 2025

Nature-Based Approaches to Disaster Resilience Can Yield Big Returns in States

Institute Experts: Sara Mason; Lydia Olander

Issues: Climate Resilience and Adaptation; Nature-Based Solutions

September 30, 2025

Governor Stein Announces Olander Among Appointments to N.C. Boards and Commissions

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander

Issues: Ecosystem Services; Natural and Working Lands; Nature-Based Solutions

August 11, 2025

After Helene: Strategies for Building Safer and Stronger in North Carolina

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander

Issues: Risk Mitigation, Resilience, and Preparedness

August 6, 2025

NC Congresswoman Ross Looks to Experts for Help on Warnings, Planning as Disasters Mount

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander

Issues: Risk Mitigation, Resilience, and Preparedness

June 30, 2025

New Dashboard Publicly Tracks Atlantic Conservation Coalition’s Progress and Benefits

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander; Katie Warnell

Issues: Climate Resilience and Adaptation; Natural and Working Lands; Nature-Based Solutions; Risk Mitigation, Resilience, and Preparedness

June 9, 2025

A Season of Hurricanes and Wildfires Is Upon Us. Are We Prepared?

Institute Experts: Lydia Olander; Francis Bouchard

Issues: Climate Resilience and Adaptation; Nature-Based Solutions

May 21, 2025

Watch: Update and New Directions: The Department of the Interior Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap

Institute Experts: Sara Mason; Lydia Olander; Katie Warnell

Issues: Nature-Based Solutions

February 25, 2025

Duke Today

Around the Clock: What Happens Before, During & After a Disaster

Institute Experts: Jonathan Phillips; Lydia Olander; Elizabeth Losos

Issues: Climate Resilience and Adaptation

January 29, 2025

Student Applications Open for 2025 Summer Climate+ Research Projects

Institute Experts: Marc Jeuland; Lydia Olander; Trey Gowdy

Issues: Energy Data Analytics