A new study finds that disasters attributed to other community members — like contagious epidemics — weakened cooperation, increased distrust and led to a long-term reduction in organization building. By contrast, disasters attributed to an act of nature evoked a sense of shared fate that fostered cooperation.
Kathmandu Post
Government bodies and disaster experts in Nepal have called for setting up a separate entity to oversee landslide management effectively, focusing on prevention, mitigation, preparedness and capacity-building, while controlling frequent landslides in the country. Over 80 percent of the country’s area is vulnerable to landslides
Deep South National Science Challenge (NZ)
A new report released by the the Deep South National Science Challenge, Communities and climate change: Vulnerability to rising seas and more frequent flooding, highlights key gaps in our collective understanding about how climate change will impact Aotearoa New Zealand’s diverse communities.
