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Displaying 120 of about 700 resultsEmergency response organizations like FEMA are using climate forecasts to prepare for the increase in weather-related disasters, reports Inside Climate News.
By using climate forecasts created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), FEMA has begun pre-positioning resources before a disaster strikes. 'In terms of preparedness and…
The first-ever United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) gathering of scientists to discuss disaster risk management kicked off today in Geneva, Switzerland, seeking to map out a scientific and technological approach to the issue while addressing the importance of partnership.
“What motivates these gatherings is the knowledge that we c…
Landslides, hail storms, wildfires and floods have all changed how Colorado Springs officials think of local natural disasters, and that's reflected in the city's new hazard mitigation plan, reports Colorado Springs Gazette.
While those hazards have been well-known locally for decades, the threat of disasters became something more than theoretical in…
Major General Asghar Nawaz, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has emphasised the need for further strengthening integrated disaster management system and co-ordination mechanism amongst all relevant stakeholders to ensure better preparedness to face the natural calamities, reports the Business Recorder.
Addressing the National Rev…
Last year's global average temperature was the hottest ever by the widest margin on record, two U.S. government agencies said on Wednesday.
"2015 was remarkable even in the context of the larger, long-term warming trend," said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
"This announcement should put pressure on governments t…
Kingston, Jamaica - On a very dry November 2013, Jamaica’s Meteorological Service made its first official drought forecast when the newly developed Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) was used to predict a high probability of below average rainfall in the coming three months.
By February, the agency had officially declared a drought in the eastern and ce…
The Fire Brigade Employees’ Union has called for a radical overhaul of Australian firefighting, including merging rural and metropolitan services and doubling the total number of firefighters, as they fear climate change is making bushfires more dangerous and more frequent, reports the Huffington Post.
"Fires are becoming harder to fight. The weather i…
Extreme weather increasingly linked to global warming
The World Meteorological Organization has published a detailed analysis of the global climate 2011-2015 – the hottest five-year period on record - and the increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events with dangerous and costly impacts.
The record temperatures were…
By Anthony Kiem, Fiona Johnson and Seth Westra
Droughts are a natural feature of the Australian environment. But the Millennium drought (or “Big Dry”), which ran from 1997 to 2010, was a wake-up call even by our parched standards.
The Millennium drought had major social, economic and environmental impacts. It triggered water restrictions in major…
“The massive costs and damages to Vancouver resulting from climate change and sea level rise can’t be ignored,” says Mayor Gregor Robertson. “Sitting on the sidelines is not an option while climate change threatens our future.”
Scientists project that sea level rise will pose a significant challenge to coastal cities across the world over the next cent…
By Jason von Meding and Giuseppe Forino
Habitat III (The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development) in Quito, Ecuador, took place from 17-20 October. It brought together over 35,000 participants to discuss sustainability, inclusiveness, and resilience in cities. While the text was adopted at the UN General Assembly in Septe…
By 2030, over a billion people will live in approximately 100 very large cities and 60 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Sustainable water management is particularly challenging in these large urban centres, or megacities*, which are exposed to extreme risks in terms of the negative impacts of climate change on water and sanitation i…
By Daniele Cesano
Bacia do Jacuipe is a small county in the semiarid Sertão region in Brazil. Characterized by low precipitation and high deforestation rates, the region has suffered the impacts of climate change, in particular increased temperatures and drought. Already facing socioeconomic challenges, the incomes and livelihood of farmer famili…
UN-Habitat has released a new report that provides guidance for urban policy makers and other stakeholders, to help them build climate resilience into their decision making processes. The report ‘Addressing Climate Change in National Urban Policy’, was launched yesterday at the ‘Habitat III’ conference in Quito, Ecuador.
The report recognises the…
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Draft General Recommendation on Gender-Related Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in a Changing Climate
Call for comments
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is currently elaborating a General Recommendation on Gender-Related Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduc…