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Global temperature is projected to rise up to 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100. Such an increase may bring impacts that are impossible for small island nations to deal with. Mitigating disasters and their impacts require phasing out fossil fuels, which remains a challenge with new coal-fired power plants still being opened up.

Transformative responses to climate change require radical and fundamental changes to existing systems. climate-related disasters such as tropical cyclones present opportunities to fundamentally rethink such systems and transition to a low carbon, resilient state more swiftly than might otherwise have been possible.

A community project on volcanic eruption preparedness seeks to equip 12 vulnerable communities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to respond to a volcanic eruption and minimize the number of fatalities and injuries. The project will provide the scientific information and resources to support community-level volcano contingency planning and disaster risk reduction.

The Freetown mudslides in August left about 3,000 people homeless. Freetown was initially built to house 300,000 people, but ended up with more than 1 million inhabitants in 2015. The uncontrolled urban sprawl of Freetown has resulted in homes being built in areas at risk, and the government's responses have been too short-term oriented to address the issue.

This briefing paper provides an overview of the impact of climate change-induced extreme weather events on human displacement. The analysis reveals that between 2008 and 2016, people in low- and lower-middle income countries were around five times more

Much of the work of reducing disaster risk depends on forging a deeper understanding of disaster risk if we want to prevent future disasters, writes Robert Glasser. Raising awareness about tsunami risk is crucial for improving preparedness among countries at risk. World Tsunami Awareness Day takes place on November 5, 2017.

A recent report by United Nations ESCAP shows that natural hazards are outpacing resilience in South and South-West Asia, threatening to reverse development gains in the subregion. The launch of the report in Nepal was a part of a workshop addressing disaster risks and brought together government officials and disaster management specialists.

After 5 years of living in temporary housing due to a landslide disaster in 2012, the community of Tukuraki has moved into their newly built, disaster resilient village. The village is part of the Building Safety and Resilience in the Pacific Project (BSRP), which is committed to reducing the vulnerability of the Pacific to disaster and climate change.