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This paper explains how the city of Wuhan has implemented a comprehensive disaster resilience strategy that integrates policy formulation, scientific research, and public communication in response to severe floods.
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This paper focuses on the question of how to link science, communities, and public policy to address the structural challenges as seen in cascading disaster risks and deep uncertainty through cases in Japan from resilience perspectives.
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Building on 30 qualitative interviews, this contribution details the successes and challenges encountered by those currently pushing for better warning from non-seismically induced tsunamis.
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This publication refers to an initiative aimed at improving people's awareness and knowledge of landslides and their risks.
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This report summarises the key insights from participants’ experiences of the 2022 Pakistan floods and highlights the need to design intersectional initiatives.
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The extreme heat felt across Japan in July was "almost impossible" without global warming, a joint analysis by the Meteorological Agency and the education ministry has found.
Japan Times Ltd., the
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This report examines the impacts of labour migration on children in the context of climate change.
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A new report shows how migration in the context of climate change is profoundly affecting the lives of children in Southeast Asia.
World Vision International

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