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Critical infrastructure

The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.

Latest Critical infrastructure additions in the Knowledge Base

community members in Driza, Fier begin construction on the first phase of a new sewage system.
Research briefs

Framing matters: Communicating coastal rebuilding to the public

As climate-driven flooding becomes more common, policymakers and the public are more frequently confronted with whether to rebuild in flood-prone areas and who should be responsible for the cost repairing or replacing damaged homes and infrastructure.
University of Colorado Boulder
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Documents and publications

Are Indian ports safe? Identifying, analysing and prioritizing the risks affecting India's major ports

This research aims to develop a framework for identifying, ranking, and prioritizing the risks for Indian harbours. Also, this study ranks the 12 major Indian ports based on the identified risk factors.
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Documents and publications

Building a resilient water supply system in Indonesia: Institutionalizing disaster risk reduction in water supply infrastructure management

This note explains how the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) partnered with an educational institution in Indonesia to bolster the capacity of the country’s water utility operators.
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Documents and publications

Boosting the resilience of rural electrification in Bangladesh: Addressing climate vulnerabilities in Bangladesh’s rural power system

This note explains how the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) has successfully supported Bangladesh in integrating climate resilience to the rural power system, with a specific focus on power system planning and post-disaster recovery.
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Documents and publications

Enabling climate-resilient infrastructure in Grenada

This note explains how the Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility (CRF) Program has been key to ensuring the resilience of infrastructure investments in Grenada.
Research briefs

Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk, as a new NYC study shows

In a new study, data from New York City and the surrounding area was analyzed to understand how severe weather drives power outages and who is most at risk, particularly in urban areas.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Flood hazards in Kashmir are disastrous due to unplanned urbanization

The April 2024 flooding in many parts of the valley after a short spell of rainy days makes it obvious that Kashmir is extremely unprepared to resist any major flooding event that could recur.
Kashmir Observer
Cargo ship crossing the Panama Cannal
Research briefs

Drought behind Panama Canal’s 2023 shipping disruption ‘unlikely’ without El Niño

A lengthy drought that caused widespread disruption to commercial ships passing through the Panama Canal in 2023 would have been “unlikely” without the influence of El Niño, according to a rapid attribution study.
Carbon Brief

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