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Displaying 15 of about 64 resultsA new Content Management System (CMS) website template developed by the WMO Regional Office for Africa holds the key to the digital transformation of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) across the African continent. The modern CMS web template has tools for seamless marketing integrations and for advanced interactive climate d…
In 2021, a record-breaking flood swelled rivers in Europe, claiming hundreds of lives and inflicting tens of billions of euros in damage. The deluge came as a surprise, breaking water discharge records in many localities. But new research suggests that it might have been possible to anticipate the scale of the disaster and others like it.Most megaf…
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has commissioned Arup to carry out this study in recognition of the need for better data to inform a long-term and sustained approach to locate and target interventions in London’s built environment. Urban heat risk is an ever-growing pressure on London’s physical environment and its people, with the most vulnerable pe…
[...]Given the limitations of current databases, UNDRR is collaborating with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Development Programme to create a new global "disaster losses and damages" tracking system.[...]EM-DAT only gathers national data on lives lost and numbers of people affected, whereas DesInventar allows governme…
The main objective of this quarterly report is to show how the European Crisis Management Laboratory (ECML) Mapping Team at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) plays a key role in delineating all the components of disaster event phases with its daily situational awareness reports (ECHO Daily Flash and Daily Maps) and on-demand products (ECHO Situation Maps/…
Society’s dependence on cloud computing has grown rapidly as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation. Although cybersecurity incidents dominate discussions about risk, residual risks remain. Such risks might stem from natural disasters or operational issues. This paper takes a broad perspective to identify the potential for residual…
Dr Quentin Bletery has some good news regarding an all-too-often gloomy subject: earthquakes. A researcher at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, or IRD, Bletery thinks it might one day be possible to predict strong earthquakes minutes or even hours in advance.Signal discoveryEarthquakes are usually caused by the mov…
Time12:30 p.m. - 13:44 p.m. (GMT+1)AboutUnderstanding your region’s vulnerability to climate disasters is an essential part of the climate adaptation process.The DRMKC Risk Data Hub is a multi-hazard Geo-portal that hosts, curates and disseminates data, tools and methodologies for risk assessment as well as an authoritative loss and damage database at E…
Background and contextThe Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a multi-stakeholder global partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and academic and knowledge institutions. It aims to address the challenges of building resil…
When disaster hits, a quick and coordinated response is needed, and that requires data to assess the nature of the damage, the scale of response needed, and to plan safe evacuations. From the ground, this data collection can take days or weeks, but a team of UConn researchers has found a way to drastically cut the lag time for these assessments using re…
This research analyzed Twitter communications about wildfires and smoke from 2022 authored by institutional public health and environmental accounts in Washington and Oregon. This study compared Tweeting patterns over time, in connection with potential wildfire smoke exposure, and evaluated communications based on whether they encouraged the adoption of…
This paper presents a comprehensive Twitter data analysis (2011-2023) to gain insights into public perceptions of heatwaves and their health-related concerns. In terms of health outcomes, the paper categorizes and analyzes a wide range of concerns during heat waves, from heat-related illnesses to mental health issues. These findings provide valuable ins…
What do Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Tula, Mexico (a city outside Mexico City), have in common? Both have histories of communities experiencing unequal flood exposure, unfair recovery outcomes, and a limited ability to adapt to flooding. These inequalities represent what we call flood injustice, and they demonstrate how flood risk is shaped by poli…
As the climate crises worsens, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly more frequent and variable. This exacerbates the risks facing people in climate-vulnerable low- and middle-income countries.Consider Zambia, one of six countries where the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) is working to transform the adaptive capacity…
Apply hereWork LocationBonnExpected durationThe internship is for a maximum of 6 months and designed to be in person and full-time.Duties and ResponsibilitiesCreated in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disaster…