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Tsunami day - community resilience
Update

Communities around the world are rising to the challenge of tsunami resilience, creating a global wave of readiness, so that warnings and evacuation routes work for the people most at risk of being left behind.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Update

The COP process is struggling with political gridlock, but climate action is gaining momentum through national interests and voluntary coalitions. COP31 can help reshape cooperation, mobilize climate finance and support vulnerable countries.

ODI Global
Philippines - Climate and health vulnerability assessment thumbnail
Documents and publications

This assessment examines climate risks to health and health services in the Philippines, finding rising disease burdens, widespread facility hazard exposure and capacity gaps. It prioritizes coordinated, region-specific adaptation.

World Bank, the
Climate risks to health and nutrition in Indonesia: Targeted analytics thumbnail
Documents and publications

This report maps climate hazards and health facility exposure in Indonesia, estimates over 3.6 million additional cases of five climate-sensitive conditions by 2050, and recommends resilient health services and integrated early warning systems.

World Bank, the
Benin - Climate and health vulnerability assessment thumbnail
Documents and publications

This report assesses climate-related health and nutrition risks and health-system readiness in Benin, projecting over 46,000 additional child stunting cases annually by 2050 and 42 facilities at risk of disruptive flooding.

World Bank, the