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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsThis issue brief provides an overview of the health impacts of climate change in the U.S. state of Virginia. The brief includes a discussion of heat, coastal flooding, water- and food-borne illnesses, air quality, and vector-borne diseases.
Climate change is altering seasonal patterns, making our summers hotter, and fueling increased flooding…
Diarrheal disease, a preventable and treatable illness, remains the second-leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 and a persistent public health threat in sub-Saharan Africa.
Researchers have now uncovered how surface water dynamics may increase the vulnerability of dependent populations to diarrheal disease and climate change.
Kathleen…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…
This document provides a regional assessment of food security and vulnerability for SADC member countries, and aims to synthesise national level vulnerability assessments, facilitate discussions and a shared vision for reducing vulnerability, and discuss emerging trends in vulnerability assessments.
This document describes the regional food and n…
By Hilda Austria
Pangasinenses showed resilience after facing several weather disturbances that caused severe flooding resulting in damage to the agricultural sector and increased cases of leptospirosis and dengue.
Months after the summer annual celebration of Pistay Dayat (Feast of the Sea) in Pangasinan, weather disturbances started to affect t…
The Asia Risk and Resilience Conference is an annual conference organized by RIMAS, IAEM and BCP ASIA. This year's theme is Corporate Governance, Risk and Resilience, and it will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Singapore.
The conference features a wide range of experts, academics, executies, and consultants who have extensive experience with disas…
World Rescue is a narrative, research-based mobile phone video-game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Through fast-paced gameplay set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India, and China, the player will meet and help five young heroes and help them solve global problems—such as flood, disease, deforestation and drough…
Researchers say short-term management responses to climate change-mediated disasters can be maladaptive in the long-term
By Sonia Fernandez
As hurricane season commences on the East Coast and the West Coast heads into fire season, there’s no time like the present to consider the short- and long-term effects of responses to disasters being shaped…
The workshop is in line with the SADC Regional Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Framework, which provides for seasonal disaster preparedness planning at the national and regional level to mitigate all forms of disasters in the region that are linked to hydro meteorological factors.
The 2018/19 seasonal disaster preparedness planning is one of the recommen…