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A mother and her two sons walk under the sun carrying an umbrella
Blog
Sanjay Srivastava
From deficit to dividend: India's resilience recipe for COP30
As the world heads toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil the climate debate is entering its most consequential phase. The critical question for COP30 is this: Can our resilience systems - in health, water, and governance - hold under stress and deliver over time?
AI concept with person using artificial intelligence at work
Blog
Jetske Bonenkamp
Are we really adapting? How AI can contribute to tracking global progress
To make sure we know what is happening in the realm of climate adaptation and design appropriate new policies accordingly, the need for a large-scale framework to consistently track climate change adaptation is urgent.
Professor Tiziana Rossetto, structural engineer and professor, stands beside a monitor box used in a tsunami simulator
Interview
Tiziana Rossetto
Building for the next disaster: How a structural engineer is strengthening resilience
The frontier of earthquake engineering has shifted towards the provision of resilience. This means design approaches are being developed to help limit loss of function and help restore function rapidly in key infrastructure in the case of an earthquake.
Mount Nyiragongo, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the city of Goma in the foreground
Blog
Dr Charles Balagizi
No one left behind: Adding volcanoes to Early Warnings for All
Volcanic hazards haven’t received the same attention as floods or storms in the global Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative. That began to change at a recent workshop in Geneva.
Telephone booth in a flooded street during the October 2010 flooding of Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand.
Blog
Shivangi Chavdaa
Why early warnings don’t always lead to early action: The missing link of public engagement
Too often, early warning systems are built as technical tools, not community systems. They are driven by data, forecasts, and algorithms - but they fail to ask: will people understand and act on this?
Women planting mangrove trees in Sathkhira, Bangladesh on January 6, 2021.
Blog
Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan
From knowing to doing: closing the climate adaptation gap
A recent study shows 89% of people are aware of climate change, yet over 80% still take no action. Why does awareness fail to become resilience?
Woman in front of screen monitoring transport processes.
Blog
Sanjay Srivastava
Funding resilience: India’s pathway lies in data and technology
As the world confronts accelerating climate volatility, India's example demonstrates that resilience is no longer the domain of emergency managers alone - it is a collective technological enterprise.
Herd of cows in North Yorkshire Moors, England.
Blog
Patrick Durrant Jackson Zee
Funding resilience: Why animals are the missing link in disaster risk reduction
Every year, disasters threaten lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems. The human cost is devastating — and so is the often-overlooked suffering of animals. From floods to wildfires and conflict, animals are among the first affected and the last considered.