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Displaying 165 of about 11146 resultsThis seismic risk profile of Bangladesh, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in questionRisk ind…
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…
This seismic risk profile of Tajikistan, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk in…
This seismic risk profile of Sweden, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indica…
Learn how to complete a Climate Risk Assessment, and design adaptation measures which would increase communities adaptive capacity.AboutThis is an interactive online course on climate risk assessments and risk management. It is predominantly for participants of the RedR UK Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction programme.RedR UK is offeri…
This study investigates the possible effects of climate change on temperature and precipitation variables in the Eastern Black Sea Basin, Türkiye’s wettest and flood-prone region. The outputs of three General circulation models (GCMs) under historical, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5 scenarios were downscaled to regional scale using the multivariate adaptive regress…
Glacial lakes form when meltwater is trapped behind a dam, usually glacial ice, bedrock or a type of moraine (terminal types being an unconsolidated pile of debris at the maximum extent of the glacier). When a dam fails, the resulting sudden release of a large volume of water is known as an outburst flood, having catastrophic consequences on the environ…
“March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”, goes the old British proverb. The term was even (almost) used in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in the 1300s: “Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote”.The idea of “April showers” is ingrained in the nation’s cultural consciousness as a symbol of spring and nature’s renewal. These phrases dat…
Sinkholes are back in the news after a 13-year-old boy fell down a two metre deep hole in a waterlogged football field in Sydney over the weekend. The boy reportedly sank further into the hole every time he tried to push down with his feet, but was later rescued by a police officer who pulled him out by his wrists.Sydney having a normal one...https://t.…
The report provides descriptions and analysis of climate conditions and variations from across the Earth system, key events and their impacts, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on human health. The ESOTC also includes updates on the long-term evolution of key Climate Indicators. In 2023, the impacts of climate change continued t…
Climate models have consistently predicted that as greenhouse gas emissions rise, ocean waters will warm, and this has proven to be mostly correct. However, the opposite has been happening for the past 30 years in an area of the east Pacific Ocean extending west from the coast of Ecuador for thousands of kilometres (Figure 1).…
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have developed a way to use radar to detect open water zones and other changes in Alaska’s frozen rivers in the early winter. The approach can be automated to provide current hazard maps and is applicable across the Arctic and sub-Arctic.Many Alaskans, especially in rural parts of the state, use rivers as winte…
This report presents the disaster impacts of 2023. Last year, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses amounted to US$202.7 billion.The 2023 earthquake in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic was th…
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 report presents the results of the Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment (SRCA) undertaken in Grenada to assess the capacity of the country’s housing sector to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate resilient and inclusive recovery projects. Housing was selected as the priority sector for the SRCA by the Government of Grenada due to its eco…