The payout from Jamaica’s Catastrophe Bond, triggered by Hurricane Melissa, provided crucial immediate financial relief, underscoring the vital role of sovereign risk-financing tools.

This publication discusses how community-based rain monitoring in India enhances disaster preparedness by enabling local collection and use of rainfall data to improve early warning systems and community resilience to extreme weather and flooding.

Satellites detecting anomalies of the spectral reflectance of crops in Uganda successfully foretold imminent crop failure and automatically triggered timely governmental disaster relief.

Researchers in Kenya have identified two low-cost solutions that tackle the twin challenges of rising temperatures and malaria transmission.

Study believed to be the first to test this method in real-world farming conditions; soil amendments resulted in fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.

Tokyo envisions a century of safety for people drawn to Japan’s capital from around the world.