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Social impacts and social resilience

The ability of a community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. 

Latest Social impacts & resilience additions in the Knowledge Base

Research briefs

Taking the risk personally: how perceived flood experience relates to risk perception, sensed coping appraisal, and protective behaviour

Intensifying extreme weather events pose global risks, demanding effective adaptation and resilience. Understanding how people perceive and respond to these hazards is key to improving protective behavior and societal resilience as occurrences evolve.
European Geosciences Union
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Documents and publications

Inequalities in global residential cooling energy use to 2050

Using statistical models trained on a large multi-country household survey dataset, this study projects AC adoption and energy use to mid-century at fine spatial resolution worldwide.
A man overlooks a wildfire visible from San Francisco under a hazy sky turned orange
Research briefs

How researchers measure wildfire smoke exposure doesn’t capture long-term health effects − and hides racial disparities

Researchers know that short-term exposure to wildfire PM₂.₅ increases acute care visits for cardiorespiratory problems such as asthma. However, the long-term effects of repeated exposure to wildfire PM₂.₅ on chronic health conditions are unclear.
Conversation Media Group, the
Update

South Asia: Collaborating for climate resilience through hydromet and early warning systems

The South Asia Hydromet Forum, supported by the World Bank, brings together representatives from meteorological and hydrological services for technical training, data sharing, and knowledge exchange to strengthen forecasting and early warning systems.
World Bank, the
Update

New report reveals children of migrants bear the brunt of climate change-related migration in Southeast Asia

A new report shows how migration in the context of climate change is profoundly affecting the lives of children in Southeast Asia.
World Vision International
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Documents and publications

Neighbouring for climate: a toolkit to inspire climate action with your neighbours!

Neighbouring for Climate is a City of Edmonton program to bring neighbours together to take action on climate change. With easy-to-use climate action cards, Neighbouring for Climate provides suggestions and tips.
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Documents and publications

The measurement of rural community resilience to natural disaster in China

Taking Xun County of China’s Henan Province as the study area, the paper aims to evaluate rural community resilience to flood by unveiling the connection between individuals’ cognition, follow-up actions and the community resilience.
Update

Grand Canyon hiker deaths rise amid intense heat, flash floods

Multiple hikers have died this summer in the Grand Canyon National Park — a U.S. West landscape known not only for its rugged beauty, but also for its perilous weather extremes.
The Hill
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