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Displaying 45 of about 396 resultsTo contribute to the knowledge on anticipatory management for drought, this paper presents the use of drought impact calendar and existing climate and weather forecasts to define windows of opportunity for implementing drought anticipatory actions in the Kenyan context. The multi-stakeholder development of a comprehensive drought impact calendar coupled…
By Roberto Guana
The DRMKC looks forward to capitalize the existing knowledge from policy-makers, practitioners and scientists on disaster risk in order to propose paths of future action. Based on the recommendations provided by authors of the Science for DRM 2017, knowing better and losing less, we have started to prepare the second Report in the "Sci…
By David Wild
A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours locating shelters, identifying evacuation routes and piecing together satellite imagery.
As the Fourmile Canyon Fire devastated areas to the west of Boulder, ultimately destroying 169 homes and causing US$217 million in damage, my biggest concerns were ensuring that pe…
After touring a high-risk fire area with his top emergency management team, Governor Newsom signed two executive actions to enhance disaster preparedness and resilience
Following years of decreases in management of California federal forestlands, Governor Newsom is joining Western State Governors in calling on the White House to double its investment i…
Today the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched in Beijing an initiative to enhance disaster reduction and response capacity for countries along the Belt and Road. This initiative, led by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) with technical guidance from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), is a concrete foll…
By Ashley Williams
From earthquakes and tornadoes to hurricanes and flooding, residents of the United States are no strangers to destructive and often deadly natural disasters.
These powerful phenomena not only threaten lives, but also result in billions of dollars in damage annually, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Scientist…
Strengthening societal resilience by focusing on the interactions between natural hazards, the built environment, and human societies.
By Amir AghaKouchak and Ben van der Pluijm
The costliest hurricane season in the history of the United States, widespread flooding in Asia, and wildfires and droughts around the world made 2017 the most…
This policy brief concludes that, from the climate science perspective, results show the 2016-17 drought is less severe than the 2010-11 drought in Lamu, while in Marsabit they are comparable. In general, the return time of the event over the regions analysed was low, meaning that this kind of drought is a relatively common event. It is import…
This publication explores the contributions of science and technology in Asia. The first part evaluates the advancement of the science and technology in disaster risk reduction in 11 countries.
The second part of the report features 28 case studies and good practices on applying science and technology in different field of disaster risk reduction…
By Shannon Cunniff
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1. Upstream Tech
California-based Upstream Tech uses satellite data and machine learning to show if a conservation project is delivering results. Environmental Defense Fund is exploring whether this tool can be used to validate the performance of wetland restoration in Louisiana, work now done by peop…
By Nathan Maddock
Five years into its tenure, the research of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre ( Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC) is being practically applied by its partners across Australia. This research impact highlights the vision of the CRC: trusted research and knowledge across all hazards, developed for the benefit…
We invite submissions of abstracts for both full sessions and presentations for the 2019 European Climate Change Adaptation conference. All session and abstract submissions should link to one of the conference themes. The deadline for abstract submissions is 10 October 2018.
Two presentation formats will be available:
Oral and poster – guide…
Mike Flannigan, Professor of Wildland Fire, University of Alberta; Mike Wotton, Research Scientist, Wildfire Behaviour, University of Toronto
It’s been a record-setting year for devastating and deadly wildfires across Canada and throughout the world.
This year alone, wildfires globally have burned about four million square kilometres of…
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As part of the MCR2030 Digital Resilience Webinar Series, the third and last webinar of the series will focus on how policy makers can harness the emerging opportunities of digitalisation, as well as the large offer of tools and resources available, to support municipal and institutional governance and urban pl…
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) was officially opened by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi.
President Kenyatta addressed the ICPAC inauguration stating that “we live in uncertain times, increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and mo…