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| In the 04/11/2023 edition:
By World Bank, the on Apr 10, 2023 11:04 am
Building on the progress achieved through previous Bank-financed projects, the Second Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option project strengthened Colombia’s resilience against natural hazards.
By International Journalists' Network on Apr 10, 2023 10:37 am
False information surrounding the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio in early February has circulated at alarming rates in the incident’s aftermath.
By International Journalists' Network on Apr 10, 2023 10:31 am
A good starting point for watchdog reporters is to eliminate the idea that damage from a natural disaster like the earthquakes in Turkey is simply because of “acts of nature.”
By University of Washington on Apr 10, 2023 10:15 am
So after record high temperatures struck the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2021, official estimates included only people killed directly by heat exposure. A new study shows those estimates don’t capture the true toll.
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Apr 10, 2023 10:04 am
Cyclones Judy and Kevin made landfall in Vanuatu in late Februar, and while the impact was devastating, one resident says it could have been worse.
By Mongabay on Apr 07, 2023 11:37 am
Gabon’s capital, Libreville, has lost more than 3% of its mangroves in three years. Conservationists and scientists warn this leaves the city increasingly vulnerable to floods and landslides.
By City of Melbourne on Apr 07, 2023 11:11 am
The City of Melbourne will develop an innovative new tool to map heat hazards and strengthen responses to extreme heat events.
By World Economic Forum on Apr 07, 2023 11:04 am
Climate change has a direct and significant impact on food insecurity. As global temperatures rise, food production becomes more difficult and uncertain due to changes in weather patterns, extreme weather events, and other environmental disruptions.
By European Commission on Apr 07, 2023 10:51 am
New research co-developed by scientists from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and published in Nature Climate Change compares the costs and benefits of flood risk reduction measures in Europe.
By European Commission on Apr 07, 2023 10:30 am
The Risk Data Hub (RDH) is a GIS web-based collaborative platform used to look up, host, and share disaster risk and loss data – crucial information to support disaster risk prevention and risk management.
By Development Asia on Apr 06, 2023 02:14 pm
Develop a digital framework, adapt pavement innovations, and leverage ICT systems.
By Carbon Brief on Apr 06, 2023 01:57 pm
A group of archaeologists, climate scientists and policy experts met at the University of East Anglia last week to discuss how unique cultures and heritage are fast disappearing because of climate change – and what can be done.
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Apr 06, 2023 01:55 pm
Gas emissions are the manifestation of activity occurring beneath the surface of a volcano. Measuring them lets researchers see what can't be seen from the surface. This knowledge is vital for hazard monitoring and the prediction of future eruptions.
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Apr 06, 2023 01:32 pm
A new paper by scientists from the University of Washington, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and other institutions says that any future pandemic prevention agreement must address the wildlife trade for human consumption.
By Research Outreach on Apr 06, 2023 01:17 pm
Research conducted by Shakti P.C. and colleagues at Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) aims to improve our understanding of unpredictable flood processes, monitor them, and mitigate their impacts.
By Agência FAPESP on Apr 06, 2023 01:10 pm
An article published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction discusses Amazon Rainforest wildfire governance with local community participation in the tri-national border region between Peru, North Brazil, and Pando in Bolivia.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 06, 2023 12:57 pm
Years after the Christchurch earthquakes, teachers reported behaviour and sleep difficulties in children who had experienced the devastation, including those who wern’t yet born on February 22, 2011.
By Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique on Apr 06, 2023 12:40 pm
In an article published in Physical Review Fluids on April 4th, an interdisciplinary team of French scientists from the CNRS, the CEA, and the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 unveiled artificial intelligence that can predict heatwaves.
By University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences on Apr 06, 2023 12:22 pm
Intercropping – the practice of planting mixtures of crops – can be an effective pest management tool worldwide, a new University of Florida study shows.
By European Commission on Apr 06, 2023 09:27 am
The European Commission has, to date, welcomed the signatures of 301 regions and local authorities who have joined the EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change.
By Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on Apr 05, 2023 03:26 pm
In 2021, disasters triggered 13.7 million internal displacements in East Asia and the Pacific. As in previous years, the region accounted for the majority of disaster displacements recorded worldwide.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 05, 2023 03:24 pm
The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. They also put to the test advanced building technologies that can minimize damage and keep buildings functioning
By Eos - AGU on Apr 05, 2023 03:19 pm
As estuarine barriers are built in response to sea level rise, flooding, and salinization, more research is needed to better understand their implications for human activities and ecosystems.
By The Energy Mix on Apr 05, 2023 03:09 pm
As sea levels rise and torrential rainfall inundates the land, an invisible threat upwells beneath our feet, say groundwater experts. They’re urging municipalities to heed the massive infrastructure & public health risks posed by overflowing water tables.
By Temblor on Apr 05, 2023 02:50 pm
Coulomb stress calculations based on preliminary data and models suggest that the magnitude-7.5 shock on the Sürgü and Çardak faults was brought closer to failure by the magnitude-7.8 rupture on the East Anatolian Fault, 110 kilometers to the south.
By Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research on Apr 05, 2023 02:45 pm
Guatemala se encuentra entre los países más vulnerables a los efectos del cambio climático en América Latina y ya está experimentando graves consecuencias, especialmente en el sector agrícola.
By Context on Apr 05, 2023 02:35 pm
Without community input, 'maladaptation' is a growing risk from climate change adaptation projects that can do more harm than good
By University of Cincinnati on Apr 05, 2023 02:14 pm
Planners have come up with many innovative ways to prevent flooding caused by heavy downpours — from planting rain gardens to installing green roofs. But in many cases, nothing works quite as well as a simple hole in the ground — a detention basin.
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Apr 05, 2023 12:15 pm
Increasing numbers of people are being affected by larger, ever more complex and more expensive disasters because decision makers are failing to put people first and prevent risks from becoming disasters.
By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Apr 05, 2023 09:51 am
NOAA and citizen scientists will map the hottest parts of 18 communities in 14 states across the country and in one international city. Identifying urban heat islands, helps local decision-makers take actions to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat
By Pacific Community on Apr 04, 2023 03:08 pm
Consistent monitoring and surveillance of the deadly coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) in Vanuatu will be crucial for the country’s biosecurity team in the coming months following the destruction left behind by the four tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin.
By International Organization for Migration on Apr 04, 2023 02:35 pm
As a result of the heavy rains, River Jong broke its banks, overflowed into the neighbouring villages, including Bo-Jong, and left a trail of destruction impacting people living on the Island.
By Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre on Apr 04, 2023 01:55 pm
The European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels focused on the “effectiveness and efficiency of aid, the increasing gap between needs and available resources, the impact of climate change, and the shrinking humanitarian space,” .
By United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters on Apr 04, 2023 01:46 pm
The GCF-UNDP-Government of Viet Nam project aims to increase the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change and is altering the lives of the most impacted.
By European Commission on Apr 04, 2023 01:31 pm
Trees growing in cities world-wide may be at risk from climate change. Urban greening must use species that can cope with future conditions to secure benefits.
By Context on Apr 04, 2023 12:43 pm
Rising heat and overfishing spell trouble for food security as Sudanese fishermen complain of falling stocks and government inaction.
By United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters on Apr 04, 2023 12:26 pm
After marathon negotiating sessions that ran two full days overtime, the Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was finally adopted on Sunday, 19 March 2023. |
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