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Displaying 120 of about 256 results… and Asia that are covered by the Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters ( BRACED ) programme and are disproportionately affected by climate-related disasters such as droughts and floods – were … importance for countries facing high levels of disaster risk to smooth their recovery over time. Managing disaster …
… together to agree to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which set out core commitments to … In December of that very same year at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21), 195 countries adopted for the first time ever a universal, legally binding global climate deal. This was long-awaited progress. Importantly, …
… like these are becoming more routine. The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly visible, and rapid urbanization is concentrating risk in vulnerable regions of the world. Just consider the … to live in urban slums, where the concentration of climate and disaster risk is highest. • An estimated 875 …
… frameworks on displacement linked with disasters and climate change in 14 countries in the region. [1] The … have included provisions on displacement in their disaster risk reduction and management frameworks, climate change policies and other legislation. Key findings …
… in Central Vietnam. The initiative received the 2021 RISK Award of the Munich Re Foundation . Over the past decade … shift in attitudes, behavior and action of local people on climate change and habitat restoration. “When we started working on climate change,” she says, “it was hard to explain what it …
… the week of this years’ International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction which takes place on October 13 2022 under the … temperatures together create ideal circumstances for climate-sensitive infectious diseases. Mistrust in health … system (D-MOSS) has been piloted which relies on seasonal climate forecasts, Earth Observation, and a hydrological …
… The recovery cost amounted to around 3 million euros. The climate crisis is driving the intensity and frequency of … landslides, and droughts. Recognizing the urgent need for climate change adaptation measures, representatives of … a project called "Integrating Climate Change into Flood Risk Reduction in the Vrbas [1] Basin" was launched. It …
… restrictive measures? On January 08, 2020, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the Copernicus Atmosphere … worse, many of the preparations needed to manage the risk have been disrupted by the pandemic. In addition, forest … and wetness between fall and spring. Next to fuels and climate, people’s behaviour is also an important component. …
… to protect? During the UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, the Met Office, the UK’s national … the answer is yes. Joined by the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC), YAKKUM Emergency Unit, and the … presentations by Catalina Jaime - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Hepi Rahmawati - YAKKUM Emergency Unit, …
… the implementation of a micro-scale urban heat island risk assessment, researchers conducted a study using Turin as … amplify pre-existing fragilities in social contexts, and climate change is exacerbating these threats to city dwellers … This analysis phase used the map developed for the city's Climate Resilience Plan . The logic behind this existing …
… commentators have the knee-jerk reaction that it must be climate change only. It might eventually be proven that climate change contributed, even contributed significantly. … Ilan Kelman is Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College …
… for the 2022 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction Excellence Leadership Award, proudly sponsored … required to meet the converging challenges of accelerating climate change and disasters in the region. Anuradha - India … and helping them prepare for disasters in a changing climate. “We work with children, orphans, women groups, the …
… disabilities have too often been excluded from disaster risk reduction (DRR), early warning systems and evacuation … the development of the EFDRR roadmap. The impacts of climate change and people’s growing exposure and … are at the forefront of designing and evaluating climate adaptation strategies and DRR measures is also key to …
… rising floodwater and infernal flames? Our generation’s climate anxiety Scientists have come up with a label for what we are going through: “ climate anxiety ”. Surveys clearly show that our generation … in Matosinhos last year, they seemed determined to take risk prevention to the next level, committing to a Prevention …
… Whose lives are most at risk in urban areas of the global South – for instance from … programmes and effective disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Little local health data We get … risks from small and large disasters, and climate change using the same metrics – their contribution to …