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The fires devastating Indonesia have been called a ‘crime against humanity’, reports the Guardian. How did they start, what damage are they causing and who’s to blame? Satellite data shows forest fires have affected the length and breadth of Indonesia. The fires have been raging since July, with efforts to extinguish them hampered by seasonal dry conditions exacerbated by the El Nino effect...
Drought is arguably the biggest single threat from climate change, reports the Guardian. Its impacts are global. Some say drought triggered the crisis in Syria that sent tens of thousands of refugees heading for Europe this summer. Yet calls to head off future disasters by establishing a UN body to provide a global drought early warning system, first made almost a decade ago, remain unfulfilled...
Africa will continue to be held back if it does not immediately invest in research and development, writes Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, president of Mauritius in an opinion piece for the Guardian. 'A better understanding of the threats of climate change requires reliable, credible data to strengthen decision-making and ensure that the continent is able to adapt and mitigate the risks', she continues...
Climate change is bringing small risks that tropical cyclones will form in the Persian Gulf for the first time, in a threat to unprepared cities such as Dubai or Doha, a US study said on Monday, reports the Guardian. The shallow and warm waters of the Persian Gulf, where cyclones have never been recorded, might generate the storms in future as a side-effect of global warming...
The Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which begins on Saturday in Sendai, north Japan, is a landmark event, write Julian Hunt and Joy Pereira for the Guardian. As part of this process, they hope the meeting will initiate international collaboration into better understanding and prediction of earthquakes,...
Five years on from the 2010 earthquake, Gideon Long revisits the city flattened by a tsunami to find out how a unique collaboration between local residents, businesses and government is driving Constitución’s recovery, reports the Guardian...
Experts described the inclusion in the agreement of seven targets to measure progress on protecting people and assets as a leap forward, reports Megan Rowling for the Guardian. Some were disappointed that earlier proposals for percentage goals were rejected...
Londoners have a lot to thank the Thames’s flood defences for, chief among these being the Thames Barrier, reports The Guardian. The increasing number of times the Barrier has had to be closed in the past year to prevent flooding however, highlights the need for flood preparedness...
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