Lessons on Trade-Offs From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Viewpoint April 9, 2020 By John Kemp LONDON — Lockdowns have brought most of the world’s advanced economies to a near standstill as policymakers fight the coronavirus...
Driverless Vehicles Provide Test of Attitudes Toward Risk: Kemp March 22, 2018 By John Kemp Uber has suspended road tests of self-driving vehicles after the first pedestrian was killed by one of its vehicles operating...
Full-Fledged El Nino Increasingly Likely in Second Half 2017 May 5, 2017 By John Kemp El Nino conditions are developing across the Pacific with an increasing probability that a full-fledged El Nino episode will occur...
Toward Sensible Risk Management of Earthquake Risk in Energy Production May 11, 2015 By John Kemp Underground disposal of waste water produced from oil and natural gas wells has been blamed for triggering thousands of small...
Time to Be Afraid – Preparing For Next Big Solar Storm August 4, 2014 By John Kemp The probability of a solar storm striking Earth in the next decade with enough force to do serious damage to...
COMMENT: Time to be Afraid – Preparing for the Next Big Solar Storm: Kemp July 28, 2014 By John Kemp The probability of a solar storm striking Earth in the next decade with enough force to do serious damage to...
Oil Train Catastrophe Risk Weighs on Insurers: Kemp January 28, 2014 By John Kemp In the event of a mass-casualty accident involving the derailment of a crude-carrying train in a densely populated urban area,...
Car Use No Longer Growing in Developed World, But Why? January 20, 2014 By John Kemp Car use appears to have leveled off and even started falling in many of the world’s advanced economies long before...
Lessons from U.S. Blackout of 10 Years Ago: Kemp August 14, 2013 By John Kemp Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with...
Commentary: Breathing New Life into Climate Policy June 26, 2013 By John Kemp Shale has killed climate policy. Now the International Energy Agency (IEA) is trying to bring it back to life. Following...