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Displaying 6 of about 6 resultsThis report presents the first comprehensive figures and analysis of the patterns of displacement associated with the 2019 - 2020 bushfire season. Bushfires that raged across Australia triggered around 65,000 new displacements between July 2019 - February 2020. They also destroyed more than 3,100 homes, potentially leading to longer-term displ…
This report also demonstrates the impact of this warming, both on the planet’s ecosystems and on individuals and communities, through superstorms, flooding, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.It highlights the following:
Concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, CO2, CH4, and N2O, continued to increase despite the temporary reduction in emissions…
This brief presents research undertaken into the economic legacy of Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 in Victoria, Australia. The authors computed the disaster severity of 12 non-contiguous bushfire hotspots of varying sizes within the state of Victoria and gathered key data (income, residential SA2 and other economic, demographic and sectoral indicators…
This paper is a first step towards bridging the knowledge gap on how men, women and children with disabilities are disproportionately affected in disaster settings. Whether it is triggered by cyclones, wildfires, floods or other hazards, disaster displacement is a growing global phenom- enon, whose effects are especially severe for people with disabilit…
This provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate provides an assessment of the state of the global climate during the period January-September of the year in question.
For more than 20 years, these reports have been published in the six official languages of the United Nations to inform governments, international agen…
This research on (in)visible communities confronting climate change and environmental injustice asks how climate-induced disasters intensify social inequities. By focusing on the experiences of undocumented Latina/o and Indigenous migrants in California, the research has shown that more equitable approaches to disaster preparation and relief e…