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This study evaluates the sensitivity of wildfire hazard to climate change in Molleturo Parish, Azuay Province, using high-resolution (20 m) spatial simulations with the FlamMap modeling framework.

On addressing heat stress, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Janil Puthucheary said MSE has set up a new office to spearhead the Republic’s efforts in this area.

A new publication highlights how WMO’s support is helping Bangladesh, Haiti, Liberia, Mozambique and Somalia strengthen observation, forecasting and early warning capacities as part of the Early Warnings for All initiative.

The application, named “Abhawa”, is designed to provide the public with easier access to official weather information and forecasts.

Seventy-three years after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake of 1952 in the same region, Kamchatka has reminded us that it is one of the most efficient tsunami sources in the Pacific.

Inspired by the Menominee Tribe and Reservation in Wisconsin, the game tasks players with responding to floods, fires, droughts, and other extreme weather events.

In the days and weeks after Hurricane Helene, people throughout western North Carolina and beyond found themselves thrust into new situations, forced to learn new skills to help themselves and their neighbors.

Researchers have known for decades how to prevent and treat heat illness, but a patchwork of policies has left players like Matthew Mayich at risk.

This policy brief explores the role of micro-disaster risk finance in helping close protection gaps and strengthen resilience across the region. Disaster-related damage in Emerging Asia reached USD 685 billion between 2010 and 2024.

This study examines climate risk perception and its influence on adaptive behaviour among coastal communities through a systematic literature review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework.

This report shows how adaptive systems that respond to climate shocks can increase resilience for women and marginalised communities.

As health risks sensitive to changes in the climate rise in the Greater Mekong Subregion, this brief outlines the impact of compounding risks and shows how building capacity and reinforcing early warning protocols can strengthen regional resilience.

This report assesses 45 nature-based infrastructure projects in 29 countries, finding a median benefit-cost ratio of 3.21 and 38% IRR, and recommends reforms to planning, finance, and policy to elevate NBI alongside traditional infrastructure options.

Study analyzes global flood research from 1980–2025, finding surging output since 2000 but persistent mismatches between research attention and actual flood risk, especially in Africa and South America, driven by socioeconomic factors, not risk exposure.

Solok’s deadly 2026 flash flood exposed long-standing governance failures after a government complex was built in a mapped lahar hazard zone. Experts call for relocation, early warning, watershed restoration and stronger land-use planning.

Bangkok’s extreme flooding highlights how climate change, urbanization, land subsidence and intense rainfall are increasing flood risk, underscoring the need for resilient drainage, green infrastructure and stronger early warning systems.

Indonesia is aligning policies and strengthening intra-government coordination to address the growing health risks of climate change.

This paper draws on about two decades of firm-level records from Tunisia’s formal business registry (Répertoire National des Entreprises), linking firm locations to satellite-based precipitation measures at the delegation level.

This study compares household vulnerability, community perception, and coping strategies for cyclone-induced disasters in two coastal settlements in Ganjam, Odisha

This study examines how cities across the Arizona urban corridor incorporate heat resilience into their networks of plans, using an integrated assessment approach. The researchers applied three complementary plan evaluation methods.

This study aims to systematically reveal the nexus among urban heat resilience, urban-scale expansion, and land-cover transformation in 70 rapidly urbanizing Chinese cities

This paper analyses London’s Cool Spaces scheme, finding a misalignment between policy intentions and real-world use, with depoliticisation and structural vulnerabilities undermining its effectiveness as a long-term urban heat resilience strategy.

This case study examines the current status of Nepal’s heat early warning system (HEWS), focusing on risk knowledge, monitoring, warning dissemination, and preparedness

This case study examines the current status of Bangladesh’s heat early warning system, outlining how heat risk is understood, monitored, and communicated, and how warnings prompt actions across institutions.

Along Colombia’s San Juan River, Afro Colombian community councils documented earthquake losses house by house – but only municipal authorities can enter those households into the national register that unlocks state assistance.

Research on post-alert messaging finds that after a false alert people need two things: assurance the threat is over, and a plain statement that they are safe. Attribution comes later.

The Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) experts have identified ten key trends influencing heat action, driving the focus and prioritizing action for the Network and its numerous global, regional and national partners.

Youth innovators in Bangladesh developed an AI-driven tool using a RAG framework to translate real-time weather forecasts into localized, Bangla-language, impact-based guidelines to support early action in coastal Bangladesh.

This study shows global evidence on climate change’s impact on the health and wellbeing of indigenous children, highlighting five interconnected outcomes, calling for culturally grounded, geographically diverse, and child-centred climate-health research.

El Niño conditions have been observed in the tropical Pacific since June 2026, with forecasts indicating further strengthening through the end of 2026 and into early 2027, potentially making it one of the most intense events in decades.

Wetlands restoration and wildfire prevention can drive down insurers’ costs and skyrocketing premiums, a new study shows.

Member-to-Member support allows National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to share expertise and institutional experience, addressing immediate technical needs while strengthening services for the long term

This research describes experiences of individuals working in, residing in, and providing disaster response to long-term care (LTC) settings in Puerto Rico during and after Hurricane Maria.

This paper examines the impact of Hurricane Harvey on home health (HH) care in Texas, linking 2017-2018 patient-level Medicare HH claims with county-level data on disaster declarations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

This editorial presents a special issue which addresses the complexity of disasters and their effects on older adults in different countries.

Intense heatwaves from May to September, combined with a winter with little snow, led to another devastating year for the glaciers.

It began as an alphabet a disaster management officer made for his toddler. Now it's in government classrooms across Maharashtra, teaching children words like evacuation and tsunami warning.

FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as survey highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear.

FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices increased in September, due mostly to transportation disruptions and weather concerns that constrained availability as well as to higher quotations for crop-based commodity groups.

An ILO assessment finds the August floods disrupted work for some 21,400 people living within four kilometres of the flood footprint, with damaged trade routes carrying the shock much farther.

This report responds directly to a call from financiers for better and more nuanced evidence on the outcomes of locally led adaptation.

With floods and contamination overwhelming Kathmandu’s water systems, communities are restoring traditional stone spouts that once served as the valley’s primary water source.