Urban risk and planning

The interaction of land subsidence with urbanization, reclamation and climate variability in contributing to massive flooding must also be examined, along with possible governance failures in light of increasing flood risk in Philippines.

The study examines how secondary cities and development cooperation can better respond to these challenges, It looks past visible outcomes such as informal settlements and flooding to the underlying practices, capacities and paradigms that produce them.

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) announced that it will apply its early detection technology for quasi-stationary linear rainbands and sudden localized torrential rainfall to the Urban Flood Forecasting Platform.

A hybrid neural network reproduces pushover analysis in about 70 milliseconds, opening the way to city-scale seismic risk mapping.

This study presents an AI-physics hybrid framework that couples five AI weather prediction models with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Urban Canopy Model (UCM) for high-resolution city-scale extreme wind prediction.

This publication details notable highlights from the Resilience Initiative Africa Project, which was implemented by UNDRR's Regional Office for Africa between August 2023–March 2026.

The nature‑based solutions for urban heat are specifically designed for neighborhoods and communities because the standard will provide users with tools and techniques to identify areas where nature‑based solutions can be most effectively implemented.

This case study explores how climate-related mobility and flood risk intersect in Dakar, highlighting community-based disaster risk reduction, nature-based solutions, flood governance reforms and lessons for evidence-based planning.

New analysis from Ordnance Survey has found more than eight in ten cities in Great Britain are already highly vulnerable to urban heat islands, and almost two thirds are set to reach severe heat vulnerability by the turn of the century.

This study examines nine case studies across the Mediterranean to analyse different mechanisms that contribute to institutional mainstreaming of nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate resilience in urban and peri-urban areas.

Using social media and meteorological data, this study quantifies the mismatch between physical heat exposure and public emotional responses from 2010 to 2024 in China.

Study of climate resilience governance in UK urban areas. Through a scoping review and policy analysis, it finds fragmented responsibilities, inequitable vulnerability and a lack of common resilience standards, proposing a place-based resilience benchmark

This toolkit provides a practical, step-by-step framework to support cities, urban local governments, planners, practitioners, and community stakeholders in developing and implementing Heat Action Plans (HAPs) to address the growing risks of extreme heat.

As heat, drought and extreme rainfall put growing pressure on Europe’s cities, the city of Guimaraes is using digital tools and scientific data to decide where climate action is needed most, and to measure what works.

This study applied an integrated flood risk assessment framework to evaluate climate-driven compound flood risk in Broadland, with particular emphasis on how methodological choices influence exposure, damage and spatial risk estimates.

Three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures.

As heat overlaps with other intensifying climate events, scientists are uncovering how they compound each other – and how cities can adapt

As storms happen more often and with more intensity, considering the full life cycle of a building and its costs over time becomes increasingly important to get an accurate picture of how sustainable that building really is.

The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect. New York City has more than 500 miles of coastline, no two miles of the waterfront are quite the same and are vulnerable in different ways.

Despite decades of warnings, neighborhoods in Reno and Spokane have sprawled ever closer to a hotter, drier wilderness. And in the summer, months of low humidity and hot weather prime the landscape to burn.

Contemporary transportation infrastructure is not designed for the extreme levels of heat as the frequency and severity of high temperatures increases. Those in charge must respond to increased stress on infrastructure systems, with mitigation techniques

Green and blue spaces, such as woodlands and riversides, could provide a vital line of defence for cities facing increasingly hot summers, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

Proper tree maintenance can help trees withstand hurricanes. The audio explores how pruning, planting the right species and managing tree health can reduce storm damage and help communities build resilience.

New York City is investing US$95 million in a Cloudburst project in Homecrest, Brooklyn, using porous pavement and underground storage to reduce flooding, improve water quality, and strengthen resilience to intense rainfall driven by climate change.

Long-term maintenance plans, clear ownership responsibilities and funding for stewardship may prove as important as the installation. Climate adaptation isn’t just about building infrastructure, but ensuring it continues to thrive for years to come.

This study employs a multi-temporal geospatial approach to quantify the degradation of the Akkulam-Veli wetland system in Thiruvananthapuram, India, and investigates its direct correlation with increasing urban flood susceptibility.

Researchers found that canals cool their immediate surroundings during the day, typically extending 20–50 m from canal banks. Cooling effect is greater during spring and early summer and is noticeable during heatwaves, with cooling of more than 2°C.

This study systematically compares urban climate change mitigation and adaptation by city types using big data and machine learning. Proposed approach could inspire city networks to create task forces and evidence-based ecosystems for deep learning

Densely populated coastal regions in many parts of the world are particularly vulnerable to flooding. Researchers from TUM and TUlane University show that the sinking of land masses exacerbates the impacts of rising sea levels in these areas.

New study reveals growing exposure of roads, railways, ports, airports and inland waterways to climate extremes and unprecedented impacts.

For three days in April this year, airport staff, government officials, and humanitarian responders sat down at NAIA not to talk about check-in queues or runway slots, but about something harder: what does this airport look like when a crisis hits?

The state’s first Superfund research center is looking into how climate change is resurfacing industrial pollution.

This study investigates the perceived impacts of extreme climate events particularly floods, heatwaves, and droughts on food security, public health, energy systems, and water resources in the Greater Accra Region (GAR), Ghana.

This research article examines how intercity connectivity strengthens urban mobility resilience during extreme rainfall, using mobility data from 366 Chinese cities.

Between 20–22 June 2026, the coastal regions of the countries bordering the Gulf of Guinea, particularly Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria, experienced exceptionally widespread and severe flooding following intense and persistent rainfall.

This report captures the outcomes and impact of the Urban Climate Resilience Program (UCRP) in Spain between 2023 and 2026.

Climate Central analysis shows that residents of the 65 largest U.S. cities experience an average of 8°F of extra heat due to the built environment.

This study examines post-disaster risk communication after the Grenfell Tower fire, arguing that acknowledging uncertainty, enabling inclusive risk assessment and applying precaution can help rebuild trust between authorities and affected communities.

Research from the University of Oxford has ranked 205 of the world's largest cities by their risk from extreme heat, identifying where people are most in danger as global temperatures rise.

This report outlines how Singapore has developed a coordinated strategy to address the growing risks of urban heat under climate change. L

Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems.

This report reveals that extreme heat is emerging as one of the most underestimated threats to economic development worldwide, hammering city economies, overwhelming health systems, and falling hardest on women working on the frontlines of a hotter world.