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Coral records extend the Indian Ocean sea-level timeline by 60 years, offering the first century-long view of accelerating change linked to human-driven climate impacts
The Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response (CIDER) is an innovative initiative aimed at enhancing pandemic preparedness and strengthening responses to infectious disease emergencies.
A new study links global warming to increased heatwaves and extreme rainfall in the Indo-Pacific. Shifts in tropical weather patterns, driven by changes in the Pacific Walker Circulation, are causing more frequent extremes, especially in Southeast Asia.
Learn how individuals perceive and understand risks and master the tools to communicate risk information effectively to help people make better decisions in the face of risks.
The findings from the Project HeatSafe, the first large-scale study in Singapore investigating the impact of rising heat levels, give a multi-faceted perspective of how heat stress, will lead to detrimental impacts and consequences on the individual.
In their findings, the researchers investigated the transient street air warming procedure and developed a practical GIS-based model to estimate how much and how fast the air temperature will be increased by anthropogenic heat.
Shocks to parts of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks can have significant and unexpected ripple effects, which could undermine public confidence in the support infrastructure and hence usability of EVs, derailing efforts to increase adoption.
UR Asia 2021 will bring together experts and practitioners from all around the world to showcase the best practices and latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification and communication.
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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