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Spatially-explicit economic impacts and risks of climate change in Europe thumbnail
Documents and publications

This paper improves climate-impact assessment for Europe by integrating NUTS-2 level damage functions from the ICES computable general equilibrium model into the spatially explicit CLIMRISK integrated assessment model.

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (Springer)
Evolution of earthquake crisis management and recovery in Italy after 2009: An expert commentary thumbnail
Documents and publications

This paper presents an expert commentary on lessons learned across five dimensions: governance, community engagement, technical assessment tools, professional mobilization, and urban reconstruction.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Spatio-temporal variability of hydrometeorological disasters in Indonesia based on national disaster risk management data thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study examines the relationship between hydrometeorological disasters and climate variability modes using disaster event ratios from the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) for 2008–2023 in Indonesia.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Heat–health action plans: guidance, second edition thumbnail
Documents and publications

This guidance on heat–health action plans (HHAPs) supports countries in developing, strengthening and implementing such plans at national, regional and local levels.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Update

A measles resurgence shows immunity gaps and is a barometer for health system resilience following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lowy Institute
Update

From the Philippines to Peru a vital industry already reeling from multiple problems faces devastation from skyrocketing fuel prices and super-charged Pacific warming.

Dialogue Earth
Update

Too little rain and snow, too little water in the rivers: An interview with SLF hydrologist Manuela Brunner on the causes of the ongoing drought in Switzerland.

WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF)
Turkmenistan earthquake
Research briefs

Sedimentary basins – depressions in Earth’s crust caused by tectonic activity – tend to be flat and are favoured places to build cities. But during earthquakes, they can become natural resonance chambers.

Conversation Media Group, the

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