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Science and technology

This theme adresses how science and technology can contribute to DRR, including approaches and initiatives to bring scientific and technical knowledge into practice and policy, approaches for multidisciplinary engagement, good practice in scientific and technical aspects of DRR, and citizen science.

Latest Science & technology additions in the Knowledge Base

Iceberg with arch
Research briefs

West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today

A key uncertainty in how much and how fast the seas will rise lies in whether currently “stable” parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet can become “unstable”. One such region is West Antarctica’s Siple Coast.
Conversation Media Group, the
The catastrophic debris flow destroyed a road between national parks Manyara and Ngorongoro on November 28, 2011, in Tanzania
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Flood warnings via SMS and chalkboards in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

In Tanzania, SMS’s and community notice boards are really simple, low-tech ways to make complex scientific information accessible to people vulnerable to climate change effects like flooding. 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The ruined remains of a building after an earthquake
Research briefs

Scientists trigger mini-earthquakes in the lab

By studying a miniature version of the ground in the lab, scientists at the UvA Institute of Physics have demonstrated how earthquakes and landslides can be triggered by a small external shock wave.
The University of Amsterdam
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Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023

My research shows the 2023 fires burned more than 84 million hectares of desert and savannah in northern Australia. This is larger than the whole of New South Wales, or more than three times the size of the United Kingdom.
Conversation Media Group, the
Research briefs

AI weather forecasts captured Ciaran’s destructive path

Research based on an analysis of November 2023’s Storm Ciaran suggests weather forecasts that use machine learning can produce predictions of similar accuracy to traditional forecasts faster, cheaper, and using less computational power.
University of Reading
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Documents and publications

Transformative innovation for better climate change adaptation - Case Study: Leuven, Belgium

The aim of this report is to investigate the potential for harnessing key features of Transformative Innovation to improve the design and the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies, based on empirical analyses.
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This technology didn’t cause Dubai’s floods, scientists say. Here’s why.

After nearly two years’ worth of rain flooded the Dubai region Tuesday, attention quickly shifted to cloud seeding and whether it could have been a factor in the deluge. But scientists said the downpour was a product of weather patterns.
Washington Post, the
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Policies and plans

Kigali declaration: Climate science for a sustainable future for all

The Kegali calls for urgent and transformative actions by the global community and decision-makers; by the climate science community, especially WCRP and its partners around the world; and public and private sector agencies and funders.

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