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Displaying 15 of about 45 resultsThis book provides an overview of OECD countries' efforts to collect information on both the economic impacts of disasters and the level of public resources invested in the management of risk. It is based on the results of an OECD survey, two expert meetings held in 2014 and 2016 as well as complementary research conducted by the OECD Secretariat.
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The GWSI Case Studies is aiming to provide a starting point for a discussion on a range of issues that collectively fall under the umbrella of water security, identifying the present issues, broadening discourses, bringing regional cases to the center, and sharing diverse perspectives.
The GWSI Case Studies, ‘Water Security and the Sustainable Developm…
In this study, the authors explore the potentials and shortcomings of national laws in managing flood risk and increasing flood resilience in the context of climate change. They analyze 139 laws from 33 countries collected from the Climate Change Laws of the World and Disaster Law databases and underpin this with case studies to gain insights on the int…
This fourth edition of explaining extreme events of the previous year (2014) from a climate perspective is the most extensive yet with 33 different research groups exploring the causes of 29 different events that occurred in 2014. A number of this year’s studies indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the likelihood and intensity for…
By Julie Schomberg
The University of the Sunshine Coast will co-lead a three-year international research project on climate change adaptation and water governance after the joint proposal won a grant of one million Euros.
USC Associate Professor Neil Powell said the University was delighted that its first joint proposal with the Stockholm Environment…
Investment potential of China, India and Russia undermined by poor governance and societal resilience
According to a major new report, the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China are no better placed to withstand shocks from major risk events than they were four years ago.
The findings of the Global Risks Atlas 2012, released by risk analysi…
CRISMART, Volume 41:
This collection of articles shares multinational experiences and analyses of community resilience, and provides lessons learned on how to form government structures that do not only encourage public participation but also rely on them for decisions and for finding new opportunities. The articles look into the question of how govern…
This report presents the findings of a building codes resilience survey developed by the members of the Global Resiliency Dialogue – the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), the National Research Council of Canada, the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, and the International Code Council (ICC, based in the United States). T…
GENEVA, 1 March 2016 – Policymakers working to rein in the impact of climate change and natural hazards must keep the issue of gender squarely in the spotlight, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Stéphane Dion told a United Nations meeting today.
“Climate change does not affect women and men in the same way, and has a gender-differentiated impact…
WAKAYAMA, 5 November, 2018 - This year’s High School Students Summit for World Tsunami Awareness Day attracted 379 students from 48 countries to Japan, a country renowned for its disaster risk management and expertise on tsunami risk.
The Summit brought together 244 overseas students and 135 students from Japan in the location where on November 5,…
The Guidelines are based on the findings of two prior surveys and provide a framework for jurisdictions around the world to consider as they work to effectively integrate future‑focused climate science into building codes and standards. The Global Resiliency Dialogue (GRD) announced the publication of the Global Building Resilience Guidelines at the 27t…
This report aims to provide a synthetic overview of the cascading effects caused by wide-area power failures, and to define the recurrent impacts and sources of escalation. It provides a reference for the training and the situational awareness of decision makers and emergency operators.
The following topics have been developed:
A definition of…
This infographic shows link between national and global action on climate change. It illustrates the connections between countries’ domestic laws on climate change and their ambition in global climate talks. It is intended for the widespread use of communicators in the run-up to critical UN climate talks in Peru this year (December 2014) and in France i…
The pandemic brought a remarkable degree of “disaster literacy” to children and adults. Household preparedness, personal protective equipment, stockpiling, supply chain management are only some elements gaining growing awareness that are needed to build a resilient society. As the one-year mark of the global pandemic nears, it is an opportune time to st…
By Dan Smale, Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association; and Thomas Wernberg, Associate professor, University of Western Australia
In the midst of a raging heatwave, most people think of the ocean as a nice place to cool down. But heatwaves can strike in the ocean as well as on land. And when they do, marine organisms of all kind…