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In a new analysis of data spanning more than three decades in the eastern United States published Monday, a team of scientists found a concerning trend – an increasing number of wildfires across a large swath of America.
University of Florida has developed a solar powered system that uses artificial intelligence to decrease the cost of electrical devices running through a power outage.
Despite unmistakable human complicity in disasters, the idea that disasters are simply part of the natural state of affairs remains pervasive.
Nearly half a billion more people could be at risk for contracting mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever, Zika, dengue and chikungunya in the next 30 years as a result of climate change, new research shows. Countries who are not used to dealing with such crises may be well-advised to start preparing now.
Humans experience a wide array of disasters that generally fall into two categories: natural hazards such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, etc.; and unnatural, or man-made, hazards such as wars, explosions, wildfires, chem
The 9th International i-Rec Conference will be hosted at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA from 5-7 June 2019 by the recently established Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER).
A new research center will focus on helping the Gulf Coast do better at preparing for and mitigating the damage and loss of lives from hurricanes and other severe storms. The Hurricane Resilience Research Institute, or HuRRI, draws upon the strengths of its seven participating universities, from flood mitigation and hurricane modeling to public policy.
A new study shows that bursts of accelerated sea level rise 'hot spots' in the last couple of years happen along the U.S. East Coast due to naturally occurring climate variations. This variability is not accounted for in sea level rise projections. Future sea level rise attributed to global warming will have the same hot spot periods on top of the rising seas.
Voluntary Commitments
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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.