Social impacts and social resilience

This paper analyzes how sustained exposure to extreme temperatures negatively impacts Cambodian students’ national exam performance, among social science students, females, and rural students, highlighting the need for adaptation in education systems.

This paper develops the Coastal Well-Being Loss Measurement Framework to capture nine domains of well-being losses from climatic hazards in Asia-Pacific coastal regions, highlighting the need for inclusive measurement beyond economic damage.

Higher temperatures are linked to more gun violence incidents across 100 U.S. cities. Rising temperatures driven by human-caused climate change can amplify the risk of aggressive and violent behavior and, in turn, increase the number of shootings.

This publication examines how extreme temperature and rainfall influence the vulnerability and climate change resilience of electricity transmission infrastructure in Kajiado County, Kenya.

Scientists, natural resource managers, and others use innovative research by Pew marine fellows to prepare for the effects of a hotter ocean.

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.

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

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

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.

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 survey assesses disaster preparedness among Houston-area households, finding most residents feel somewhat prepared but with disparities by income and location. Insights aim to guide leaders in addressing gaps and promoting equitable resilience.

A study of doctors’ experiences during the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes highlights gaps in disaster preparedness and calls for practical training, psychological support and policies that recognize healthcare workers may also be disaster survivors.

This second report focuses on the everyday risks that touch the most lives, examining changes in reported levels of harm from sources such as road traffic to drinking water. The Poll is based on more than 143,000 interviews in 140 countries & territories

This free online game, inspired by the book "Tout peut changer en une minute", teaches the right reflexes before, during and after a disaster or emergency. Players face concrete situations and receive an immediate explanation of the right action.

The first DRRP Technical Working Group on Scaling Investment in Resilience, held in Brussels on 2 June 2026, brought Programme partners together to explore how resilience investment can be strengthened and scaled across OACPS regions.

This Disaster Management Reference Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Tonga’s disaster risk environment, institutional structures, and operational mechanisms.

UK’s record-breaking heatwaves increased concern about climate change, but extreme weather alone rarely changes beliefs or behaviour. Effective communication and making climate-friendly choices affordable, convenient and safe are key to lasting change.

In the days and weeks after Hurricane Helene, people throughout western North Carolina and beyond found themselves thrust into new situations, forced to learn new skills to help themselves and their neighbors.

This study examines climate risk perception and its influence on adaptive behaviour among coastal communities through a systematic literature review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework.

Authoritarian regimes have a history of keeping information about escalating disasters secret, even when it could harm their own citizens.

Conclusions from the ILO Meeting of Experts on occupational safety and health in extreme weather events and changing weather patterns, providing guidance on prevention, preparedness, risk assessment, early warning, workplace measures and resilience.

This report synthesises social science evidence on climate adaptation and resilience for UK policymakers, highlighting adaptation as an ongoing social process shaped by people’s lived experiences, vulnerabilities, and social context.

This report shows that for women in beauty services, domestic work, food delivery, e-commerce, and ride-hailing, heat is not just a climate issue. It is a labour rights, gender, health, and urban infrastructure crisis.

Experiences of garment workers in this study show that extreme heat is not just uncomfortable but determines health, mental well-being, productivity, and livelihood. Yet workplace regulations and climate responses remain poorly equipped to address risks.

Based on five years of research with flood action groups in England, this paper shows how communities negotiate, contest and resist resilience agendas, developing a typology of emotional, symbolic, discursive, collective and procedural resistance.

WHO’s 2026 situation analysis warns the strong El Niño will bring extreme climate conditions, escalating health threats particularly for the vulnerable, urging early action to anticipate, mitigate, and respond.

This study examines policy and provision for working donkeys in Kenya and Ethiopia, countries severely affected by drought and heavily reliant on donkeys for community resilience.

The interaction of land subsidence with urbanization, reclamation and climate variability in contributing to massive flooding must also be examined, along with possible governance failures in light of increasing flood risk in Philippines.

Governments across Europe are increasingly telling citizens to prepare at home for a major crisis like war, extreme weather and cybersecurity threats, with Ireland becoming the latest country to push emergency preparedness guidance.

As record-breaking global temperatures and extreme weather events spark intense debate over global warming speed-up, a new study led by UC Santa Cruz reveals how warming is accelerating differently across distinct regions.

This article analyzes the exposure of Brazil’s Social Assistance Reference Centers (CRAS), the main entry points for the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), to flood and landslide risks

This paper estimates that epidemics were associated with an average annual loss of 17,549 health workers globally from 1990 to 2019, with the greatest burden in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and lower-income countries.