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UNDRR: Survey on advocacy and knowledge products for disaster risk reduction By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Mar 27, 2023 07:08 pm
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction wishes to learn how the development community at large makes use of the tools and information resources it makes available for disaster risk reduction and whether they are useful for your work.

Call for Proposals: Online course on creating localized action-oriented early warning messages By Global Disaster Preparedness Center on Mar 27, 2023 06:58 pm
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is inviting proposals to for the development of an online course focused on creating localized action-oriented early warning messages.

Water scarcity on Nigeria’s coast is hardest on women: 6 steps to ease the burden By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 27, 2023 04:36 pm
Climate change is worsening water scarcity in Nigeria's coastal areas, and women, who are responsible for fetching water, cooking and other household chores, bear the brunt of this crisis. A gender-sensitive and inclusive solution is needed.

How and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather – the insurance industry can help By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 27, 2023 04:16 pm
As New Zealand considers how to better prepare for a future affected by climate change, the insurance sector needs to be part the discussion on where and how we build our homes.

Why Western Sydney is feeling the heat from climate change more than the rest of the city By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 27, 2023 03:56 pm
Global warming has led to higher summer temperatures across Sydney over the past 30 years. However, data analysis shows very hot summer days are becoming much more common in Western Sydney than in coastal Sydney.

Drought, heat waves worsen west coast air pollution inequality By North Carolina State University on Mar 27, 2023 02:51 pm
A new study by North Carolina State University researchers found drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities that already have a high pollution burden in California, and deepen pollution inequalities along racial and ethnic lines

The Chile cat bond – taking the temperature By Centre for Disaster Protection on Mar 27, 2023 02:11 pm
The Republic of Chile has just purchased its second World Bank intermediated catastrophe bond. This is the first real test of World Bank intermediated cat bonds in what is currently an expensive market for buyers.

Applying lessons from gender-integrated social protection to disaster risk finance By Centre for Disaster Protection on Mar 27, 2023 01:22 pm
Factors such as gender, age, disability, location, and poverty shape how people experience disasters. The COVID-19 crisis impacted more negatively those with poorer health, inadequate housing, and less secure jobs.

Mexican businesses launch collaborative platform to improve disaster risk reduction By Connecting Business initiative on Mar 27, 2023 01:04 pm
A coalition of Mexican businesses has launched a virtual platform to foster collaboration between the private sector, the Government, the UN and humanitarian partners in emergencies.

New York will demolish and elevate a waterfront park to fight floods, angering some neighbors By CNBC on Mar 27, 2023 10:51 am
The Battery Park City Authority, as part of a major climate resilience plan, will tear down the park and elevate it by 10 feet to protect the neighborhood from flooding, storm surge and rising sea levels.

ITI Rajouri students develop earthquake alarm for early warning signals By Greater Kashmir Communications Pvt. Ltd. on Mar 27, 2023 10:45 am
Days after a strong earthquake shook parts of North India including Jammu and Kashmir, students of the ITI Rajouri, have developed an earthquake alarm model to raise the earliest warning signals for the population during an earthquake.

Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions By NPR on Mar 27, 2023 10:38 am
Bangladesh uses satellites to track cyclones and shares that information with neighboring countries. It's anchored buoys offshore that are equipped with solar-powered sensors to measure sea level and transmit that data to scientists on dry land.

Elevating the role of water resilience in food system dialogues By Climate and Development Knowledge Network on Mar 24, 2023 08:33 pm
Ensuring resilient food systems and sustainable healthy diets for all requires much higher water use, however, water resources are finite, geographically dispersed and volatile under climate change.

How beating TB today better prepares us for pandemics tomorrow By Devex on Mar 24, 2023 08:23 pm
In stark contrast with the kind of attention COVID-19 sparked, the global fight against tuberculosis gets so little attention that we’re looking at a 100-year timescale.

Climate change could spur severe economic losses, Biden administration says By Grist Magazine on Mar 24, 2023 08:16 pm
White House economists warned this week that rising temperatures threaten infrastructure, insurance programs, and human health.

An education in climate change By Massachussets Institute of Technology on Mar 24, 2023 08:09 pm
A multidisciplinary climate change curriculum for high schools, developed at MIT, aims to engage and mobilize teachers and students.

10 countries at risk of climate disaster By International Rescue Committee on Mar 24, 2023 07:47 pm
This article presents 10 countries researchers have identified as most at risk of climate disaster. The IRC and WRI analyzed where climate crises are likely to occur and whether affected countries have the capacity to respond in vulnerable communities.

Flood risk ten times higher in many places over the world within 30 years By Deltares on Mar 24, 2023 10:50 am
After the North Sea Flood of 1953, it took nearly 45 years to finalize the Delta Works. If we want to protect The Netherlands against sea-level rise, we shouldn’t wait too long. But how much time do we have left?

Republic of Congo: Addressing climate change and building a more resilient economy By World Bank, the on Mar 24, 2023 10:30 am
The World Bank approved today $82 million to support the Climate-Resilient and Inclusive Livelihoods Project (ProClimat Congo) in the Republic of Congo.

The Samoan weather service is identifying ‘never before’ levels of flooding By Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Mar 24, 2023 10:10 am
The Samoan weather service has detected changes in frequency and intensity to flooding across the country, and has described the events as ‘never before’ seen. 

A story from a football field: Building climate resilience in Viet Nam's Central Highlands and Central Coast By United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters on Mar 24, 2023 10:00 am
If you have a chance to visit the farm of Thi Dieu and Mang Min in Thuan Bac district in south Viet Nam, what you see will make you think of a football field: a hard and flat ground and little grass.

Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and landslides: How Aotearoa New Zealand manages a medley of hazards By Temblor on Mar 23, 2023 01:35 pm
Temblor chats with Gill Jolly, research leader for the Natural Hazards and Risks arm of GNS Science Te Pū Ao, which conducts geological and geophysical monitoring of Aotearoa New Zealand. They discuss how the island nation manages the many natural hazards

Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 23, 2023 12:02 pm
Discoveries of aquifers – underground earth formations that hold water – often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region.

After cyclone Freddy, how to strengthen Malawi’s disaster preparedness? By China Dialogue on Mar 23, 2023 11:40 am
Cooperation between Malawi, China and UNDP is helping vulnerable communities take the initiative to minimise flood risks

A perfect storm: Catastrophes and inflation in 2022 By Swiss Reinsurance Company on Mar 23, 2023 11:21 am
The loss generating power of nature, alongside the socio-economic and geopolitical crises of recent years helped pushed property reinsurance rates to 20-year highs in the January 2023 renewals season.

Heavy rain that flooded northeast Aotearoa New Zealand is now more common on warmer planet By World Weather Attribution on Mar 23, 2023 11:05 am
Climate change a likely cause for the increase, but scientists cannot yet quantify the precise influence of human-caused warming on last month’s rainfall.

Flood hazard and risk maps - Development and use of flood maps to strengthen integrated flood risk management in Romania By World Bank, the on Mar 23, 2023 11:02 am
Romania is a flood prone country. The overall annual expected damage due to flooding in Romania is EUR 1.7 billion affecting an average of 150.000 citizens every year.

Mental illness can be deadly during heat waves By Eos - AGU on Mar 23, 2023 10:54 am
Schizophrenia topped the list of conditions associated with death during the 2021 extreme heat event in British Columbia

Efficiency and equity in urban flood management policies: A systematic urban economics exploration By World Bank, the on Mar 23, 2023 10:50 am
23 % of the world population are exposed to substantial risks during a 1-in-100-year flood event. A new study examines the efficiency and distributional impacts of three ex-ante flood management policies in an urban context with two income groups.

IPCC: ‘Severe consequences’ of further warming in disaster-hit Himalayas By The Third Pole on Mar 23, 2023 10:39 am
Exceeding a 1.5C rise in global temperature imperils already vulnerable Hindu Kush Himalayan region, experts say after IPCC synthesis report, as UN chief demands more from G20 countries

A shared resource, shared risk, and shared resilience: Polycentric water resource governance in Indonesia’s Cidanau Watershed   By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Mar 23, 2023 10:33 am
Indonesia's Cidanau Watershed is long-running example of a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme, and shows how polycentric governance can work – with political will from all actors, a common legal framework and higher-level governance support. 

New research reveals how forests reduce their own bushfire risk, if they’re left alone By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 22, 2023 10:57 am
Fire management in Australia is approaching crisis point. Seasons such as the Black Summer three years ago showed how our best efforts in fire-fighting and prescribed burning are insignificant in the face of a changing climate.

Cash-transfer programs can offer effective protection against aggregate shocks in the Philippines By World Bank, the on Mar 22, 2023 10:41 am
Helping beneficiary households better cope with adverse life events is one of the main assurances of social protection programs.

Strategies for paying less on the disaster bill By World Bank, the on Mar 22, 2023 10:33 am
Understanding the drivers of risk can lead to more efficient use of public resources, and risk information can help us better anticipate, prepare, and respond.

Kenya drought: Pastoralists suffer despite millions of dollars used to protect them – what went wrong? By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 22, 2023 10:26 am
Across northern Kenya, roadside signs proclaim projects aimed at creating “resilience” among pastoralist communities. This is a region where frequent droughts, animal disease, insecurity and structural exclusion all affect pastoral livelihoods.

Can groundwater act as a catalyst for sustainable development in Africa’s borderlands? By United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters on Mar 22, 2023 10:26 am
The root cause of the crisis is a lack of access to water for communities and livestock. However, lack of water is an issue of limited access not water availability.

How nature-based solutions can help fight climate change By Asian Development Bank on Mar 22, 2023 10:08 am
Every year, more than 50 million migratory waterbirds fly to the opposite ends of the earth, using a major flyway, comprised of a network of wetlands. This migratory bird path extends across 22 countries from Alaska to Australia and New Zealand.

Glacial lakes can unleash deadly deluges. How risky are they? By Eos - AGU on Mar 22, 2023 09:37 am
Breaches in glacial lake dams threaten millions around the world, and scientists are investigating how climate change might affect that risk.

Insecticide use against desert locust in the Horn of Africa 2019–2021 reveals a pressing need for change By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Mar 22, 2023 09:28 am
In work published in Agronomy, the TMG Research gGmbH study team traced a highly destructive desert locust invasion in the Eastern Africa and Horn region between 2019-2021. Ethiopia and Kenya sprayed over a million hectares with damaging pesticides.

Climate change-induced heat stress may claim 330 Israeli lives per summer by 2100 By Times of Israel, the on Mar 22, 2023 09:21 am
Researchers warn that heat waves in the Eastern Mediterranean likely to occur seven times more often and last three times longer by century’s end

Climate change: farmers in Ghana can’t predict rainfall anymore, changing how they work By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 22, 2023 09:17 am
Climate change affects all spheres of life, particularly those aspects that depend on the environment. Farming communities are a case in point.

New report cites Nigeria’s EPCON AI as global example of excellence in pandemic preparedness By Nigerian Tribune on Mar 22, 2023 09:12 am
Nigeria’s EPCON AI project has been cited as a world leading programme for pandemic preparedness by a new report.

Global Animal Disaster Management Conference: Call for abstracts By Animal Evac New Zealand on Mar 21, 2023 05:36 pm
The GADMC 2023 call for abstracts is open.Animal Evac New Zealand is looking to receive conference abstracts from a range of speakers across academia (incl. citizen science), government, and practice.

Recentring nature to solve the global water crisis By United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters on Mar 21, 2023 01:43 pm
Amid a worsening global water crisis, world leaders will gather at UN Headquarters in New York 22-24 March for the first UN Water Conference since 1977. During this historic moment, all eyes will focus on SDG 6 for water and sanitation.

Triple threat By United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York) on Mar 21, 2023 01:37 pm
How disease, climate risks, and unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene create a deadly combination for children.

Climate damage is worsening faster than expected, but there’s still reason for optimism – 4 essential reads on the IPCC report By Conversation Media Group, the on Mar 21, 2023 01:00 pm
Global temperatures are now 1.1 degree Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than at the start of the industrial era. Heat waves, storms, fires and floods are harming humans and ecosystems.

On the frontline of climate change: the grit and resilience of women in the face of multiple crises in Burundi By World Bank, the on Mar 21, 2023 10:59 am
Women in Burundi’s rural areas are spending what little money they have to increase their land’s resilience. Often, these costs come directly from their meager household budgets, sometimes simply to secure their access to productive farming land t

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