Inclusion

Bosai is a Japanese concept that encompasses all stages of disaster management. In a country where natural hazards are a frequent threat, understanding bosai is one of the most practical ways for individuals to protect themselves and those around them.

The survey of over 2000 respondents in Nepal and Bangladesh confirms extreme heat is a pervasive and escalating risk, significantly degrading public health, livelihoods and well-being and provides evidence for increasing investment in heat interventions

As heat waves intensify, advocates are pushing for protections for incarcerated people, who have little ability to escape dangerous temperatures.

Led in part by SFU, COPE project aims to help older adults prepare for and respond to extreme heat. The project is part of SFU Climate Innovation , a critical research priority that supports a community-centred response to the impacts of climate change.

This study evaluates whether the spatial accessibility of these facilities aligns with the distribution of older residents in core and non-core areas of Pudong New Area, Shanghai Municipality.

This study finds that age-specific heat tolerance thresholds dramatically increase estimates of future heat exposure, with older adults facing severe risks under global warming.

A mixed-methods study identifies five heat risk archetypes in Austria, revealing how social inequalities, ageing and climate change interact to shape vulnerability through 2080.

A Stanford Medicine-developed app shows that older adults’ geographic movements — also known as their life-space mobility — shrink in extreme heat that makes leaving the house difficult.

The study finds facilitators for inclusion of child health in adaptation policies by interviewing researchers and policymakers and provides a framework to guide efforts to include children’s health needs into responsive climate change adaptation policies.

Homes had burned. Photographs, memorabilia, and Salish baskets had disappeared with them. More than 30 band members had lost their homes, naspəpʕásəs Dan Wilson said, along with around 200 homes and other structures belonging to non-band members.

Scarred by the devastating 2025 floods, people with HIV are increasingly vulnerable

Climate adaptation can reduce risk while deepening inequality. This post examines how land rights, gender, wealth and local power shape who benefits; and why locally led approaches are essential to making adaptation effective, inclusive and sustainable.

Climate in Common is a communications toolkit that will help groups connect with working class people. It gives campaigners, civil society organizations and policymakers ten practical tools for building working class engagement with climate policy.

A range of disproportionate impacts on disabled people were cited in New Zealand’s latest national climate change risk assessment. Disabled people want to be heard, as well as play a leading role in guiding how New Zealand adapts to a changing climate.

Americans with disabilities are at greater risk from the health impacts of climate change. Extreme weather events are especially dangerous for people with health issues and limited mobility, and emergency plans are often insufficient to ensure safety.

Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat.

Millions of people in Australia are about to feel their phones buzz with a message and hear a loud, siren-like warning. It’s a preview of how the country plans to warn its population when the next bushfire, flood or cyclone comes down.

The main objective of this policy brief is to offer evidence-based and concise findings, and policy recommendations to strengthen coherence between CCA and DRRM at the Provincial Level in Nepal.

More than 900 wildfires are burning throughout Canada, with devastating impacts for First Nations. Thirteen Nations remain under evacuation orders that have forced 2,182 people from their homes.

As El Niño intensifies, evidence from across the Amazon basin shows why Amazon wildfire prevention depends on Indigenous knowledge and fire governance built from the territories up.

Five years ago, British Columbia’s heat dome became one of the deadliest weather disasters in Canadian history.

This study examines community resilience to urban flooding in deprived areas, highlighting how household preparedness, collective action and institutional communication shape protective behavior and flood risk management.

This working paper examines how social assistance programs can support climate adaptation and nature-based solutions (NbS) in least developed countries (LDCs).

Imagine a global political summit that shapes the future of our planet where one of the most populated countries in the world does not have a voice?

The report draws attention to Australia’s workforce of First Nations women in fire and land management, and highlights the profound positive impacts that culturally responsive professional development programs can have on this cohort.

In remote communities, many homes trap heat. This is because houses are not typically designed for local climate conditions. Frequent power shortages and a lack of repair services leave these communities even more exposed.

Research links water-related disasters to heightened disease risk among older adults. Yet, disaster planning continues to ignore them.

This research examined emerging risks posed by increased storm frequency and intensity to high-latitude vulnerable communities previously unaccustomed to extratropical cyclonic events.

This report examines the experiences of persons with disabilities in Tonga during disasters and emergencies, focusing on emergency preparedness, access to early warning information, evacuation, food security, social protection, & use of cash assistance.

More than 1 billion people worldwide live in such areas.

Gap between principle and practice risks widening if the country does not more fully include Indigenous people in its climate action plan.

Reaching every individual before the next flood, drought or economic shock requires collaboration across financial institutions, policy-makers, development organizations and the private sector.

Marginalized Roma communities (MRCs) located in flood prone areas represent a highly pressing research challenge.

The nominations for the 2026 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards are now open.

By improving their weather data, bolstering emergency response, and sharing resources, counties in Southwest Virginia can efficiently prepare for future floods.

The study provides a spatially detailed picture of the diversity in demographic vulnerability to increasing heat which is projected from climate change models for remote towns in Northern Australia, in both the immediate and long-term.

This study integrates urban heat island (UHI) risk assessment with green space accessibility analysis to locate mismatches between heat risk mitigation need and green provision, and identifies the most vulnerable populations.

This report addresses a critical gap in disaster preparedness in Kenya: early warning systems for floods and droughts that are tailored to the specific needs of the most vulnerable population groups.

The report presents a regional diagnostic of disability-inclusive emergency preparedness and response across 38 countries.

When the rains finally came to Nairobi at the beginning of March, many residents were grateful. But then the nightly showers turned torrential, and residents across the city’s informal settlements began to worry.