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| In the 10/18/2022 edition:
By Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd., the - Mainichi Daily news, the on Oct 17, 2022 03:33 pm
About 40% of public housing provided for those affected by the devastating March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, are at risk of flooding from the highest envisioned level of tsunami.
By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Oct 17, 2022 03:31 pm
Extreme-weather events don’t have to turn into humanitarian tragedies. When communities are warned ahead of disasters and able to take action, countless lives can be saved
By National Science Foundation on Oct 17, 2022 03:31 pm
Strategically burying just 5% of power lines — specifically those near main distribution points — would almost halve the number of residents affected by compound hazards caused by hurricane-related power outages, according to a Princeton study.
By Pennsylvania State University on Oct 17, 2022 01:36 pm
With a four-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant, a Penn State team led by Wang is developing a new holistic framework to understand the relationship between thermal resilience and sustainable design strategies for buildings and communities.
By Doherty Institute on Oct 17, 2022 01:20 pm
Whilst public health and social measures, quarantine restrictions and vaccination have all been utilised in past and current pandemics, the COVID-19 pandemic is the first to employ genomic sequencing on a massive global scale.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 17, 2022 12:41 pm
Communities are adapting, building resilience, and working to stem climate change. They demand just climate solutions upholding the rights of people and the planet and address the structural drivers of disadvantage, like colonialism.
By World Bank, the on Oct 17, 2022 12:04 pm
Municipalities in Albania have exclusive local responsibility for disaster risk reduction and civil protection and, to support disaster risk management municipalities are expected to set aside funds equivalent to 4% of their total municipal budget.
By Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici on Oct 17, 2022 11:44 am
Supporting communities and institutions to reduce risks related to extreme weather events. On occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the HuT project official kick-off is taking place.
By New York Times, the on Oct 17, 2022 11:44 am
Why is it that five years after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, Puerto Rico’s infrastructure was so unprepared for Hurricane Fiona, a Category 1 storm?
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 17, 2022 11:42 am
This article curates expert insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects, drawn from The Conversation Africa.
By World Economic Forum on Oct 17, 2022 11:35 am
Scientists have developed a new AI satellite-based disaster management system that automates disaster mapping, providing full coverage of an entire state as soon as the satellite data is released.
By Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre on Oct 17, 2022 11:32 am
Follows the activation last Friday of pre-funded early action protocols for floods in Guatemala and Honduras , the IFRC is releasing funds from the DREF anticipatory pillar to provide cash assistance and support in water, sanitation and hygiene.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 17, 2022 09:30 am
More than 250.000 people died of hunger in Somalia in 2011 – half of them children younger than five. The situation in Somalia in the coming months could be a great deal worse, despite global commitments to never let the 2011 famine happen again.
By Sri Lanka - government on Oct 17, 2022 09:20 am
Defence Secretary pledges to strengthen coordination and cooperation between various institutions responsible for early warning
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 17, 2022 09:17 am
The appointment of chief heat officers in Melbourne is a vital acknowledgement of how serious urban heat is for Australia. It’s a first for the country and part of an international movement to improve how cities handle heat in a warming world.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 17, 2022 09:13 am
Climate change is not only influencing our weather: it poses an existential threat to the outstanding universal value (OUV) of many of the world’s most precious sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and potentially to the World Heritage system itself.
By Eos - AGU on Oct 17, 2022 09:05 am
California officials faced a conundrum in dealing with mudslides after the Thomas Fire.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 17, 2022 08:57 am
The US experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far – but the extent of the damage could take years to calculate.
By United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on Oct 14, 2022 04:49 pm
The call for ‘Early Warning for All’ is critical in Asia and the Pacific, the world’s most disaster-prone region. Between 1970 and 2020, disasters in the region affected 6.9 billion people and killed more than 2 million.
By Asian Disaster Preparedness Center on Oct 14, 2022 04:15 pm
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 focuses on drawing global attention to the need for developing multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessment for people.
By Deltares on Oct 14, 2022 03:25 pm
Meters of sea level rise are no longer a question of “if”, but “when”. For a low-lying country like The Netherlands, the impacts of sea level rise will be catastrophic if we don’t prepare now for the adaptation we will need in the future.
By University of Göttingen on Oct 14, 2022 03:21 pm
Researchers led by Göttingen University use earthquake sensors to track magnitude and velocity of 2021 summer flood
By The Urban Journalism Institute on Oct 14, 2022 02:43 pm
Local Governments for Sustainability hosted a dialogue on Thursday, 13 October, inviting mayors and high-level officials to look into the purpose, process, and impact of declaring a climate emergency at the local and regional levels.
By Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative on Oct 14, 2022 11:41 am
Today, on 13th October 2022, the CADRI Partnership celebrates the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction which focuses on increasing access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information.
By International Labour Organization on Oct 14, 2022 11:28 am
It is not enough for an early warning system to correctly identify an incoming hazard, it must also ensure that the populations and sectors that are at risk can receive the alert, understand it, and most importantly, act on it.
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Oct 14, 2022 10:27 am
“Extreme weather events do not need to become disasters,” says Mozambique's President Nyusi on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, at the launch of a joint UNDRR-WMO publication on multi-hazard early warning systems.
By UCL Warning Research Centre on Oct 13, 2022 08:53 pm
Individuals and communities who are displaced by the impact of conflict situations, such as internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, are often found to be marginalised within their host communities.
By University of Groningen on Oct 13, 2022 08:33 pm
The 2022 IDDRR edition is a very special opportunity to enhance understanding of how to overcome these barriers and accelerate efforts toward effective institutional, political and policy changes both at the UN and members-states level.
By Northwestern University on Oct 13, 2022 04:48 pm
In a new study, researchers compared observed rainfall from two climatologically distinct time periods and across 17 different climate regions in the U.S. They found that when it’s rained in recent decades, it’s rained more.
By European Geosciences Union on Oct 13, 2022 04:43 pm
Wheat yields in the UK have largely been resilient to varying weather over the past 30 years. However, the future security of our most widely grown food crop is uncertain due to increasingly frequent extreme wet and dry conditions.
By United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters on Oct 13, 2022 04:39 pm
In a world beleaguered by rising violent conflict, the climate crisis, deepening mistrust in institutions, and the sharpest drop in human development in decades, we find ourselves confronting a perfect storm of evolving threats and outdated responses.
By United Nations Environment Programme on Oct 13, 2022 04:34 pm
This year, unprecedented floods have left one-third of Pakistan underwater, people and animals are dying from climate-related droughts in East Africa, and China is experiencing the most severe heat wave ever recorded.
By University of Connecticut on Oct 13, 2022 04:24 pm
The sea level is rising, and the clock is ticking in the effort to make Connecticut's coastline more resilient in the face of climate change
By International Institute for Sustainable Development on Oct 13, 2022 04:15 pm
Hazards are often merely the trigger event of a disaster waiting to happen since vulnerability already exists.
By Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme on Oct 13, 2022 04:07 pm
The successful installation of a river monitoring station in the Sarakata river in Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, is a step in the right direction for the establishment and institutionalisation of a flood management and early warning system.
By Chr. Michelsen Institute on Oct 13, 2022 03:58 pm
Within DRR literature, there is strong advocacy for the inclusion of the local community in disaster planning and response as well as a stronger focus on community resilience.
By Temblor on Oct 13, 2022 03:56 pm
The shaking from the magnitude-6.8 mainshock was larger than expected in 2500 years. The foreshock may have left a seismic warning that another quake was coming.
By Ministry of Security on Oct 13, 2022 03:56 pm
On the occasion of IDDRR, the Joint Programme of the United Nations and the Government of Switzerland “Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, organized a round table in Sarajevo.
By Los Alamos National Laboratory on Oct 13, 2022 03:49 pm
Analyzing seismic signals, a natural-language processing approach ‘auto-fills’ the future physical state of a fault in an earthquake machine, with potential applications in Earth
By Vietnam Plus on Oct 13, 2022 03:38 pm
After heavy rain has caused flooding and disruption across much of the country in recent weeks, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control issued a dispatch to ensure localities are ready to respond to future downpours.
By Antara News on Oct 13, 2022 03:20 pm
The Jakarta's Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) mobilized a disaster preparedness team to anticipate potential flooding in South Jakarta and East Jakarta following an early warning from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
By Radio Pakistan on Oct 13, 2022 03:15 pm
The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that a process has been started to prepare a National Adaptation Plan for building resilience to climate change.
By Carbon Disclosure Project on Oct 13, 2022 12:35 pm
New CDP data shows 4/5 cities (80%) facing significant climate hazards, from extreme heat to floods, in 2022.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 13, 2022 11:14 am
Records show that Europe has never been as dry as in recent decades. Drought has direct consequences on our lives, not least because it threatens basic foodstuffs such as milk.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 13, 2022 11:04 am
Think Victoria and disasters and you’ll think bushfires. But floods can hit – just not as often. Today is one of those days, with much of the state under a flood watch.
By CREWS on Oct 13, 2022 11:01 am
In response to the unprecedented volcano and tsunami, Kingdom of Tonga develops Tonga Mobile Applications Community MHEW and Response System (MACRES) through the CREWS Accelerated Support Window.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 13, 2022 10:53 am
A record storm surge in 1953 devastated much of eastern England’s coast, prompting prolific investment in concrete sea walls, wooden groynes and other engineered structures designed to protect the coastline from erosion.
By Ronald Jackson - UNDP, Sára Csapó - UNDP on Oct 13, 2022 09:38 am
The last piece of this week’s blog series explores what if early warning systems are used to trigger the allocation of resources associated with social protection measures for preparedness and preventative actions in times of crisis?
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Oct 13, 2022 08:00 am
A report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that half of the countries globally are not protected by Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems.
By Anonymous on Oct 13, 2022 02:30 am
The primary goal of disaster risk reduction is prevention. But when that is not possible, then it is important to minimize the harm to people, assets and livelihoods through early warning systems.
By Anonymous on Oct 12, 2022 04:10 pm
To ensure access to early action for all, more needs to be done to scale up the approach, in particular by involving the private sector.
By Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction on Oct 12, 2022 11:16 am
In 2022, the International Day will focus on Target G of the Sendai Framework: “Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.”
By Beth Allen - UNDP, Boukje Kistemake - UNDP on Oct 12, 2022 08:48 am
This blog reflects on the implications of structural inequalities for early warning, and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the affordability of early action for all.
By World Bank, the on Oct 11, 2022 05:22 pm
“Unreachable” is the term that had become synonymous with Ruwedza in south-eastern Zimbabwe, where access by road had been hampered since 2019, when Cyclone Idai caused widespread destruction in the area.
By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Oct 11, 2022 10:53 am
Drought-strained hydropower sustains 80 percent average power generation capacity
By Sára Csapó - UNDP, Giordano Margaglio - UNDP on Oct 11, 2022 09:45 am
This blog story presents a scenario in which early warning systems become the path to preparedness for the next pandemic.
By 360info on Oct 11, 2022 09:08 am
Globally, only extreme storms cause more damage than floods. Over the last 50 years, the global number of weather disasters has increased by five times, but thanks to improved early warnings, the number of deaths from such events has decreased.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 11, 2022 09:06 am
Hurricane Ian left an extraordinarily broad path of destruction across much of South Florida. That was evident in reports from the ground, but it also shows up in satellite data.
By Tufts University on Oct 11, 2022 09:05 am
When neighbors know who they can turn to during storms and heat waves, communities are more resilient to climate change. Tufts researchers are helping to build those social connections.
By Caritas - Australia on Oct 11, 2022 09:02 am
The Pacific region is currently facing a perfect storm of climate change induced disasters and skyrocketing debt burdens. The region is at the frontline of global climate change, and our neighbours across the region are facing rising sea levels. |
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