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The most critical input data for the calculation of the earthquake force on a structure are the spectral accelerations Ss and S1 which are obtained from maps. For building codes before 2012, these values are uniform hazard – all locations have the same

The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) is an international and transparent multi-source, consensus assessment of the crop growing conditions, status, and agro-climatic conditions that are likely to impact global production. The CM4EW reports

Ya paralizada por la pandemia del coronavirus y la crisis económica resultante, Centroamérica se enfrenta a otra catástrofe: dos feroces huracanes.

América Latina es una de las regiones más vulnerables a los efectos del cambio climático y los desastres naturales.

A recommitment to steps to combat climate change was made with of a Memorandum of Understanding between USAID and Caribbean groups on June 16, 2021.

This contribution to the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 assesses a multi-sectoral perspective on advancing drought risk management in the Caribbean. Drought early warning is one of the evolving climate risk management success stories in the Caribbean.

This policy brief seeks to better understand the nexus between COVID-19, climate change/hurricane season and human mobility in the OECS region. The Eastern Caribbean region is currently faced with a dilemma: On the one hand, the region is struggling with

An international team of researchers has quantified how heat-related deaths are attributable to global warming, with Latin America and South-East Asia the worst hit.