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The protection gap — the difference between total economic losses and the share that insurance actually covers — is a widening, systemic risk. Here is why it matters, who absorbs the cost, and how catastrophe models can help bring it into view.

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

Transportation resilience depends as much on coordination as infrastructure. Josh Rodriguez of AASHTO explains why effective preparedness begins long before a disaster occurs and how formal mutual aid transforms emergency response into planned capability.

This thesis examines how different forms and degrees of institutionalization of anticipatory action influence the effectiveness of disaster governance, conceptualized along the dimensions of timeliness and coherence of the Philippines and Bangladesh.

There’s no way to close off the open-air stadium where stars Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are slated to square off.

This report constitutes a synthesis of field observations collected during the Greek scientific mission in Venezuela, published information obtained from international scientific organizations, governmental agencies, and the scientific literature.

The main objective of this policy brief is to offer evidence-based and concise findings, and policy recommendations to strengthen coherence between CCA and DRRM at the Provincial Level in Nepal.

This study examines how hazard intensity, exposure and vulnerability shape tropical cyclone mortality and direct economic losses worldwide, using globally recorded disaster loss data from 1990 to 2019.

This article critically reviews Pakistan's first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and draws lessons from past major flood events, including the 2010 and 2022 floods, to assess the effectiveness of current flood risk management strategies.

Flash flooding has been tearing up communities across the U.S., with heavy downpours sending creeks and rivers rushing over their banks from Texas to Kentucky , across the Midwest and into the Mid-Atlantic states and the Northeast.

This policy brief examines Nepal's opportunity to leverage the Barbados Implementation Modalities (BIM) start-up phase to access the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD).

This 14-country African study finds that perceived climate impacts significantly boost public support for government action, meaning the challenge is translating existing demand into effective policy—not creating it.

This Power Presentation presents updates regarding the incorporation of displacement related issues into the Treaty for the Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters.

This policy brief examines the increasing challenge of disaster-related displacement and argues that the proposed Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters (PPED Treaty) should explicitly address the protection of displaced people.

This summary report presents the key insights from the technical briefing and a summary of the presentations and exchange among participants.

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 study assesses cell broadcast alert messages in France, showing gaps between recommended practice and real use, and highlighting how clearer, more complete message content can improve public warning and protective action.

This two-pages resource brief provides concrete recommendations and entry points to incorporate displacement into the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters.

This guide introduces the ongoing process to develop a legally binding convention on the protection of persons in the event of disasters (PPED) and explains why feminist and gender-justice advocates need to be paying attention.

Mountain snow and meltwater from glaciers in the Himalayas determine how much water is available for drinking, farming and hydropower for millions of people in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China and Afghanistan.

Most emergency alerts and warnings are not provided in languages spoken by Indigenous peoples, placing them at greater risk during fires, floods, and other disasters.

This study examines how rainfall forecast errors during Typhoon Khanun shaped public emotions online, showing that underestimated and overestimated forecasts can increase anxiety, confusion and fatigue in risk communication.

This article examines emergency communication in the Pacific, highlighting how national broadcasters are relied on during disasters but often lack the resources, infrastructure and formal support needed to stay on air.

This study examines how cultural worldviews shape support for climate and biodiversity policies in Japan, finding that biodiversity conservation may face less worldview-driven resistance than climate action.

More than 900 wildfires are burning throughout Canada, with devastating impacts for First Nations. Thirteen Nations remain under evacuation orders that have forced 2,182 people from their homes.

Climate-related disasters are becoming one of Asia’s most important economic and fiscal challenges.

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

The Nueces River of South Texas flowed at twice the rate of Niagara Falls last week during the region’s second flood disaster in two years.

In anticipation of future flooding, Australia could combine traditional structural and flood mitigation measures, such as dams and levees, with nature-inspired designs.

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 working paper examines how Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten finance disaster recovery and why they make limited use of modern disaster risk financing instruments despite their high exposure to natural hazards.

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of disaster events, with a focus on water-induced disasters and their associated impacts across Nepal for the period 2011–2025.

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

This report reviews the current state of extreme event attribution and the emerging field of extreme event impact attribution, examining how these approaches can improve understanding of climate risks and inform planning, policy and decision-making.

An assessment says climate attribution science has moved beyond asking if human-caused global warming is driving deadly heat waves, floods and wildfires. The focus is now on how severe future impacts will become as extreme events increasingly overlap

Monitoring is expensive and labor intensive. But it helps public health officials stop outbreaks.

This manual aims to strengthen the capacity of facilitators, local authorities and community stakeholders to conduct participatory climate risk assessments and develop locally led climate adaptation actions.

Forest fires will continue, meaning we need ongoing investment in prevention, land management and firefighting resources. But we also need to pay more attention to human behaviour.

A government program elevates some Louisiana homes at no cost, but skepticism and unanswered questions are slowing participation.

Firefighters, military personnel, police officers and medics mobilised to a simulated aircraft crash on 26 June 2026, as Fiji Airports Limited conducted its first-ever large-scale night-time airport emergency exercise.

Extreme heatwaves increasingly force power plants to reduce output, a problem often misattributed solely to nuclear safety. In reality, nuclear curtailment stems from environmental regulations preventing thermal pollution and reduced cooling efficiency.