Environment and ecosystems

Sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems to reduce disaster risk and environmental degradation as a risk driver.

Latest Environment and ecosystems additions in the Knowledge Base

SIDS are highly vulnerable to climate change. Enhancing their resilience can inspire innovative approaches that benefit coastal communities. We explore solutions that mitigate storm impacts, preserve freshwater resources and protect infrastructure.
Stockholm Environment Institute
The summer of 2024 is setting up as another year of abnormally low volumes of water flowing through Western Canada. Dwindling flows will have wide reaching impacts. Governments and policymakers must act quickly to avert a larger crisis.
Conversation Media Group, the
New research has investigated the dampening effect irrigating land in spring can have on the intensity of summer heat waves by retaining higher soil moisture levels between seasons, known as soil moisture memory.
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
In the absence of indigenous fire management, savannas have seen the kind of larger, higher-intensity fires occurring late in the dry season that likely existed before people, when lightning was the sole source of ignition.
Conversation Media Group, the
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This study combines satellite-obtained measurements of sinking land, with sea-level rise projections and tide charts to provide a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts.
Virginia Tech
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This paper investigates the effects of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure networks on pluvial flood risk in the Milan metropolitan area in terms of direct economic damage to buildings and population exposed.
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UN Environment Assembly calls for urgent multilateral actions and a forward-looking, risk-informed approach.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Cover and source: Deltares
A new issue of the Deltalife magazine features inspiring articles that focus on Deltares' mission: 'Enabling Delta Life'.

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