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3D property-level flood risk visualisation for urban flood risk communication: A case study of Te Auaunga, Auckland thumbnail

Documents and publications

13 November 2026

3D property-level flood risk visualisation for urban flood risk communication: A case study of Te Auaunga, Auckland

This study develops a 3D visualisation approach for communicating urban flood risks, showing how property-level maps can make flood exposure and potential impacts easier to understand.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)

Combating desertification and drought: Toward strengthening resilience and adaptation to climate change: Motivations and challengesDocuments and publications

Combating desertification and drought: Toward strengthening resilience and adaptation to climate change: Motivations and challenges

Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)

EGU27 Session NH6.7 Exposure modeling for natural hazards – creation, analysis and application Meetings and conferencesVienna, Austria - In person

EGU27 Session NH6.7 Exposure modeling for natural hazards – creation, analysis and application

Early warning and early action in response to cascading risks to food security: Bangladesh study reportDocuments and publications

Early warning and early action in response to cascading risks to food security: Bangladesh study report

Practical Action

How this year’s super El Niño will worsen global hungerUpdate

How this year’s super El Niño will worsen global hunger

Yale Environment 360

Update

10 November 2026

The suburbs are getting a makeover. That’s a climate win.

Across the U.S., communities are transforming aging malls, golf courses, and parking lots into walkable neighborhoods that reduce car dependency and help residents adapt to extreme weather.

Yale Climate Connections

Update

10 November 2026

2 years after Mexico relocated their climate-ravaged community, residents struggle to adapt

El Bosque became the first community in Mexico recognized as displaced by climate change. Two years after relocation inland, residents struggle with the economic, social and cultural losses of moving away from the sea.

Grist Magazine

Update

2 November 2026

Newly formed agency calls on Japan public to prepare for disasters

Japan’s new National Disaster Management Agency, launched with 352 staff, has urged people to stockpile food and water, secure furniture and check the locations of evacuation shelters to strengthen disaster preparations in normal times.

Japan Times Ltd., the

Embedding local knowledge into school education builds real community disaster resilience, study findsResearch briefs

Embedding local knowledge into school education builds real community disaster resilience, study finds

Monash University

From glaciers to food security: Building government-led investment pipelines from mountains to farms and communitiesDocuments and publications

From glaciers to food security: Building government-led investment pipelines from mountains to farms and communities

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

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