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A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.

The China Meteorological Administration and the Cyberspace Administration of China promulgated a joint departmental regulation, namely, Measures for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Meteorological Application Services.

In the face of mounting disaster risks and with the memory of Hurricane Irma still vivid, Sint Maarten has taken a decision to build a comprehensive approach to disaster risk finance to bolster the island's financial preparedness to natural disasters.

Hurricane Helene in September 2024 devastated western North Carolina with wind, water, and landslides. These natural phenomena brought with them infrastructure destruction, resulting in a frequently overlooked public safety planning factor: isolation.

Global Safe Hub launched Beyond The Brink as a podcast series which showcases practitioners alongside academics and community leaders who implement disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate adaptation alongside inclusive resilience practices.

From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive. Even buildings designed to survive hurricanes can suffer major damage in a downburst.

Disasters cause massive disruptions, poverty and migration. Learning from COVID-19, a new generation of social welfare programs will help the poorest better cope with extreme weather events.

The Trump Administration has dismissed the scientists working on the country's flagship climate report, a move that threatens to curtail climate science and make information about global warming less available to the public.

Weather forecasts powered by artificial intelligence are usually more accurate - and require less computational energy and fewer human hours - than conventional predictions.

In the third and final episode of this season of Counter Crisis, we turn to the Caribbean — a region on the frontlines of the climate crisis — to explore what a faster, smarter disaster response could look like.