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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsThis hazard note presents how remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia are frequently affected by natural hazards but do not have the same access to services as other areas. There is a strong need to develop effective partnerships with emergency management agencies that can help Indigenous communities build emergency management…
Highlights
• There is a need to holistically understand influencing factors of DRR and complex interplay among them in Indigenous research.
• Western research does not attend to societal factors that contribute to Indigenous disaster risk vulnerability and DRR.
• Indigenous DRR processes is holistically identified which impact the disaster prepared…
By Saleemul Huq and Clare Shakya
Collectively, the world has failed to respond to the triple crises of poverty, climate and nature at the scale and speed so desperately needed by the poorest communities. Going further and faster on climate action demands a whole-of-society response and requires more, and better quality, support.
This support must reac…
The Bath Spa University (UK) 'Hazard, Risk and Disaster' Research Lecture Series 2020-2021, brings international speakers together with an audience to discuss the latest research, policy and practice, addressing DRR and climate change adaptation themes. This will be of interest to academic, government and NGO organisations.
When: Selected Wednesday aft…
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Tunisian farmers are turning to the past to ensure a future by planting indigenous seeds as the North African country suffers at a time of drought, disease and climate change. Traditional seeds come from a genetic heritage best suited to the environment, said Maher Medini, from Tunisia's National Gene Bank, which promotes the development of susta…
A new book edited by Dr Natasha Pauli from The University of Western Australia and Professor Andreas Neef from the University of Auckland investigates the impact of natural disasters on the Asia-Pacific region and examines how local responses from communities regularly affected can be one of the greatest attributes in disaster response.
Climate-re…
By Tayanah O'Donnell, David Schlosberg, Eleanor Robson, and Juan Francisco Salazar
Measures in this week’s federal budget to help Australians withstand and adapt to climate change are sorely needed, after years of cuts in this policy area.
The Morrison government has funded a raft of initiatives, including A$600 million to establish a N…