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McGill researcher suggests authorities should consider pairing advisories with practical incentives to encourage compliance

As Mozambique works to strengthen its disaster risk reduction mechanisms, representatives led by INGD, and supported by Ministry of Finance and Eduardo Mondlane University, embarked on a study tour to Nagoya, Japan.

This study examined how municipal informational messages shaped behavioral intentions across five emergency scenarios (wildfires, flooding, hazardous materials, extreme weather, and civil unrest) in a representative sample of 1509 adults.

The report examines climate journalism in South Sulawesi through media analysis, surveys, focus groups and fieldwork. It finds gaps in scientific literacy and newsroom support, and recommends training, expert networks, collaboration and funding.

The Pacific must systematically integrate geohazards into regional resilience efforts through sustained investment, stronger national and regional capabilities, and deeper regional cooperation to address interconnected hazards and cascading disruption.

This study draws on crisis communication and network governance perspectives to consider how inter-organizational relationships enable collective crisis readiness during extreme weather events.

A global study finds that extreme heat is extending into spring and autumn, increasing risks to human health, agriculture and ecosystems. Governments must adapt heat preparedness and disaster risk reduction measures to protect vulnerable populations.

Trusted community networks and local information intermediaries in Australia strengthen disaster risk reduction by improving the sharing of warnings, supporting preparedness and response, and building community resilience to floods and bushfires.

This study develops an integrated geomatics-driven framework to identify climate-risk hotspots across Odisha, India, a region highly exposed to hydro-meteorological hazards