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The authors present an innovative, data-driven methodology for mapping susceptibility to flood damage to private assets, leveraging machine learning techniques to overcome some of the limitations and uncertainties associated with traditional approaches.

This study applies an a priori scaffold of eight institutionalisation pathways and a cross-cutting coordination pathway to develop an institutionalisation-deficit framework.

This study analysed the relationship between infrastructure damage and disaster impact. It does so by scraping 79 Post Disaster Needs Assessment reports to collect disaster specific infrastructure damage data for 79 disaster events of this century.

The October 2026 GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning report provides an overview of global crop conditions with a focus on regions vulnerable to food insecurity.

This study aims to develop a risk-based model for assessing fire hazards in highway bridges, intended as a practical decision-support tool for infrastructure managers to identify critical scenarios and prioritise mitigation strategies.

Using the October 2018 extreme sea level event in the Adriatic Sea as a case study, the authors evaluated two different approaches to forecasting compound sea level extremes.

Community wildfire adaption activities may not work as well as hoped because they downplay the importance of local contexts and local input.

This study identifies recurrent hotspot zones of projected heat and dry-spell persistence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Seaside communities along the east coast of England have lost at least 183 homes to coastal erosion and landslides over the past 16 years, figures obtained by the Guardian reveal.

Beyond coordination, a national database could help Australia more fairly distribute bushfire management resources and facilitate the sharing of expertise, equipment and systems.

Free climate-readiness audits are helping religious organizations identify ways to buttress their buildings for extreme heat, flooding, and other dangers.

This report rapidly estimates US$1.66 billion in direct economic damage to physical assets from the August 2026 Rasuwa Flash Flood, identifying infrastructure and hydropower as hardest hit using the GRADE methodology for timely post-disaster assessment.

This report reviews global disaster damage and loss data systems, analyzing practices, challenges, and innovations in sixteen countries, emphasizing system design, governance, and the importance of standardized data for effective disaster risk management.

Bangladesh is building flood risk insurance and a Community Protection Fund using existing anticipatory action systems. The initiative uses established triggers, beneficiary registries and delivery networks, while adapting them for post-flood payouts.

World Food Day takes place on 16 October against a backdrop of an intensifying El Niño which is driving significant shifts in rainfall patterns – from drought to deluge – and impacting agriculture, fisheries and food production.

India is using sub-seasonal forecasts to help farmers anticipate rainfall, drought and pest risks, with examples showing how longer-range weather information supports planting, harvesting and more efficient irrigation.

New Zealand is set to see a future of more frequent and extreme droughts, heatwaves and fires, along with bigger floods.

Youth protests for better school conditions have prompted a national political crisis. Lack of adaptation to a hotter world is part of the story.

The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires impacted a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism.

Healthy ecosystems may give some of the world’s most vulnerable islands a better shot at survival, new research shows.

A 20-year study found that global exposure to wildfires and heat waves occurring on the same days rose by 287 million from 2000 to 2019, with over half the world’s population experiencing these combined events.

El Niño-related shipping delays have left fans waiting for the game’s latest release.

Nearly four years after a peace deal ended the devastating war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, conflict has resumed, threatening stability across the Horn of Africa and overshadowing a catastrophic food crisis.

This report analyzes how MSMEs in EMDEs adapt to climate change using WBES data, finds adaptation is more widespread than assumed yet underreported, shows finance as a key constraint, and presents an MSME Adaptation Finance Typology to inform solutions.

The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change.

This study investigates the development and evaluation of immersive geospatial learning materials for flood disaster education, integrating GIS, Augmented Reality (AR), spatial literacy, higher-order thinking skills, and ecopedagogical perspectives.

This report assesses 2023–2026 disaster risk reduction in Africa since the 2015 Sendai Framework, finding climate hazards caused 90% of disasters and $133B losses, noting policy progress but highlighting persistent finance, data, and implementation gaps.

This report provides an overview of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Caribbean region from 2022 to 2026, analysing the risk context, key trends, progress against DRRP strategic objectives, policy developments, and emerging challenges.

This report reviews disaster risk reduction in the Pacific from 2023–2026, highlighting progress in governance and early warning, but noting gaps in implementation, data, and inclusion

This article assesses how definitions affect detected changes in compound climate extremes in Europe, finding that event frequency, intensity, and trends are sensitive to metric choice and recommends careful selection of event definitions for monitoring.

Marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN chief stressed that “as climate and disaster risks multiply, building safer dwellings is the shared responsibility of governments, developers, engineers and communities”.

This study applies a grid-based, explainable machine learning framework to Jeju Island and finds that rainfall, groundwater, and proximity to water bodies are key, regionally variable factors for flood occurrence, supporting nuanced flood risk management.

This declaration urges strengthening of global action on sea level rise, emphasizing four pillars: science, adaptation, livelihoods, and legal issues, and calls for enhanced support and coordinated responses for vulnerable communities.

As climate negotiations move from commitment to implementation, here are five expectations for COP31 in Antalya.

Kenya’s new risk financing strategy funds disaster prevention as well as recovery, breaking with a model most of the field still follows.

This report examines how national disaster risk management policies integrate disaster financing and residual risk, finding weak practical links and recommending improved coordination, clearer risk metrics, costings, and joint financing strategies.

Alaska scientists have launched an interactive tsunami map covering 66 coastal communities, highlighting flood risks and preparedness gaps to help local leaders strengthen evacuation planning and protect lives.

As cities continue to sink, we need to examine these changes at the local scale. Averages across a whole city can tell us how big the problem is, but knowing where the land is sinking fastest – and who lives there – is essential to deciding for response.

Between 2010 and 2025 floods in Indonesia claimed more than 1,700 lives and caused an estimated USD 5.8 billion in losses. ADB-backed forecasting systems now warn communities up to nine hours ahead, alongside livelihood support for affected households.

For this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDP describes how risk-informed housing and land-use planning is taking shape in Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela, in a region where 81.2 per cent of the population lives in cities.

Households absorb much of the cost of disasters: Post-Disaster Needs Assessments from 20 countries in Asia and the Pacific put about 40 per cent of impacts in social and productive sectors. ESCAP sets out three government interventions.

Experts say that without major upgrades to flood defenses, the city will fall deeper into an annual pattern of chaos and paralysis as climate change takes hold.