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Displaying 60 of about 1442 resultsBuilding on the success of Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Inequities, and Responses, ecoAmerica collaborated with the American Psychological Association to bring forth the next edition, Mental Health and our Changing Climate: Children and Youth Report.The Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Children and Youth report chronicles the…
Removing waste from water bodies helps to tackle various issues, including flood risks. As a member of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, Plan International worked with two communities in El Salvador to build and install a new waste collection method, known as Riobardas, in a river that contributes to the flood risks these communities face. …
The health effects on local residents following a nuclear power plant accident are diverse, not only because of radiation exposure but also because of changes in lifestyle and social environment. It has also been indicated that various environmental changes that could emerge during the restoration process may affect residents in various ways over a long…
On the first day of 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, killing at least 57 people and destroying thousands of homes.This is not the first time the East Asian nation has weathered such a disaster. Japan has been hit by many powerful earthquakes, including one at 9.0 magnitude in 2011 that led to the island country being hit by tsunami waves a…
For the seventy-five years he has lived, Joseph Tolua, the village elder at Esonorua village, Kajiado County, has known livestock keeping as the only source of sustenance. In his community, both skill and stock are passed from one generation to another, and after all these years, Tolua believes he has learnt everything there is to know about livest…
Experts reflect on building collapses in the wake of the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes and the importance of earthquake-resilient design in both the U.S. and Türkiye.On Feb. 6, 2023, two major earthquakes — with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5 — occurred nine hours apart in the southern region of Türkiye. As of March of the same year, an estimated 3 million people…
Apply hereShort course introductionThis course provides expertise in disaster risk management by embracing a comprehensive strategy that addresses multiple hazards, levels, agencies, and disciplines. It integrates contemporary themes like risk-aware development strategies, commitment to transparency and accountability, and thorough monitoring and evalua…
The World Economic Forum has published its Global Risks Report 2024, highlighting the need for dialogue in the face of growing global fractures.Among the top risks are cybercrime, the adverse outcomes of Artificial Intelligence and extreme weather events.While the challenge of each is great, so too is our capacity to respond, experts from the World Econ…
In this paper, researchers search for the most extreme heatwaves in Ile-de-France that are physically plausible, under climate change scenarios, for the decades around 2024. The Summer Olympic Games in 2024 will take place during the apex of the temperature seasonal cycle in the Paris Area. The mid-latitudes of the Northern hemisphere have witnessed a f…
2023 was a year of record-breaking heat, devastating storms and floods, deepening droughts and raging wildfires. These events showed how climate change is affecting the global water cycle and our livelihoods.Our international team of researchers today released a report, the Global Water Monitor, documenting the impact of the record heat in 2023 on the w…
ApplyAboutHydrometAFRICA is a free-to-attend symposium focusing on the advancement of hydrometeorological services across Africa. This gathering unites experts from the continent, fostering collaboration and innovation in weather forecasting and disaster preparedness.HydrometAFRICA serves as a crucial platform to enhance regional resilience, protect Afr…
Many states haven’t been able to keep their wildfire risk maps up to date, even as global warming increases the danger, because of funding constraintsFor years, Colorado’s wildfire risk map was so inaccurate that state officials all but ignored it.It was long outdated, especially in the state’s western half. There, but unmarked on the map, was more than…
Eastern China was hit by an extreme drought in summer 2022 that caused severe economic and agricultural damage. The event has attracted a great deal of attention not only because of its severe intensity and huge social impacts but also because it is yet another example within the hot topic of the influence of anthropogenic forcing-induced warming on dro…
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…
We’ve long known cyclones are heat engines, fuelled by hot water. They also pump heat from the hot tropics into cooler areas. But they’re starting to behave differently. As the world heats up, the atmosphere can hold more moisture. When cyclones form, they can transfer significantly more water from oceans to land.We saw this in December. Most of the dam…