Green Technology Book: Solutions for confronting climate disasters

This edition of the Green Technology Book looks at solutions for confronting climate disasters, highlighting how innovation is transforming disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. As climate-driven crises intensify, emerging technologies, such as AI, IoT, drones, satellites, and nature-based systems, are redefining how we protect lives and livelihoods. From flood forecasting to modular shelters, these adaptive solutions combine digital intelligence with disaster-ready infrastructure in an increasingly volatile climate.

In this fourth edition, the focus is on technology related to climate-related disasters such as heatwaves, floods and storms. There were a record 151 such extreme events in 2024, including heatwaves in Australia, Mali and Japan, and severe floods and landslides in Italy, Senegal, Pakistan and Brazil. The Philippines was battered by six typhoons in the space of a month. The year was the hottest on record, and extreme events linked to climate change forced more than 800,000 people from their homes.