In the 05/12/2026 edition:
Climate Resilience 2026 is becoming a defining global priority as countries face escalating risks from wildfires, extreme heat, flooding, water shortages, and climate-driven disasters. New research and policy developments show how AI forecasting, infrastructure adaptation, and resilience planning are reshaping disaster risk management worldwide.
News: Cyclone Gabrielle exposed the risks of forestry slash. New research suggests little has changed
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 11, 2026 03:33 pm
When Cyclone Gabrielle tore through New Zealand’s in 2023, it left behind more than silt and floodwaters. Rivers were choked with forestry debris, beaches littered with logs, and homes, bridges and farmland buried under tonnes of forestry slash
News: Hantavirus: the ‘silent’ virus
By Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation on May 11, 2026 03:24 pm
As a hantavirus outbreak makes global headlines, CSIRO researchers are investigating how these rodent-borne viruses spread and why different strains target specific human organs, like the lungs or kidneys, with such varying levels of severity.
News: What is non-economic loss and damage and why does it matter?
By United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) on May 11, 2026 03:22 pm
Explaining non‑economic loss and damage: how climate change affects lives, identity, culture and belonging in ways numbers can’t capture.
News: This summer, the American water crisis becomes real
By Grist Magazine on May 11, 2026 03:22 pm
Concerns over water access are poised to consume summer in the U.S., as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil over.
News: Anticipating wildfires: new AI-enhanced risk intelligence
By Pacific Disaster Center on May 11, 2026 03:20 pm
Understanding and anticipating wildfires is no longer optional; it is foundational to effective preparedness, response, and resilience.
News: Building resilience that lasts: game changers for a livable planet
By World Bank, the on May 11, 2026 03:17 pm
Storms, floods, heat, and droughts hit hardest those who have the least. When the soil cracks and the rivers dry, work disappears. In Sub-Saharan Africa, one drought can wipe out 900,000 jobs in a year — and with them, years of progress.
News: Sensing the sounds from earth’s hazardous environments
By Eos – AGU on May 11, 2026 02:58 pm
Low-cost infrasound sensors, deployed in large numbers, provide a practical means of data collection near volcanoes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other geophysical phenomena.
News: Wildfire smoke risks are understudied, review paper warns
By University of California, Riverside on May 11, 2026 01:57 pm
As wildfires increase in frequency and intensity across regions like the western United States, smoke exposure is becoming more widespread and prolonged. Yet current knowledge gaps make it harder to develop targeted interventions or guidelines
News: Volcano cleans up after itself by removing methane from the air
By ScienceDaily on May 11, 2026 01:49 pm
A giant volcanic eruption may have accidentally uncovered a powerful new way to destroy methane and slow global warming
News: How a repurposed medical device is helping us investigate ancient climate tipping points
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 11, 2026 01:36 pm
A tool designed to scan blood now offers us an exciting opportunity to read Earth’s history in finer detail and decipher hidden mechanisms.
News: Phase of El Niño-Southern Oscillation foreshadows U.S. wildfire activity up to a year in advance
By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on May 08, 2026 04:49 pm
Research shows how La Niña and El Niño influence U.S. wildfires.
News: What a devastating earthquake revealed about future quake risk
By University of Southern California on May 08, 2026 04:48 pm
A USC Dornsife-led study found that faults that appear simple can produce surprisingly complex earthquakes.
News: Financial services ‘structurally behind’ on calculating climate-related risks
By FS Sustainability on May 08, 2026 04:44 pm
Although financial services firms have formed “solid” governance structures to acknowledge climate-related risks, the action taken on them tells a very different story, a new analysis shows.
News: Communicating the impact of climate change on extreme weather in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States
By Yale Program on Climate Change Communication on May 08, 2026 04:44 pm
Extreme weather is one of the most harmful impacts of climate change, posing a risk to human health and well-being worldwide. However, the types and impacts of extreme weather vary widely across countries.
News: Close calls at Michigan’s dams are a climate warning to America
By Grist Magazine on May 08, 2026 04:44 pm
Record flooding pushed Michigan’s dams to the brink of disaster. The near miss reflects the national problem of infrastructure that is not suited to the challenges of a warming world.
News: How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions
By Grist Magazine on May 08, 2026 04:43 pm
Research shows every $1 the U.S. Forest Service spent to minimize wildfire risk prevented nearly $4 in damages.
News: Weather ready Pacific: School children in Tokelau receive COPE hazard preparedness booklets in Gagana FakaTokelau
By Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme on May 08, 2026 03:10 pm
A series of seven ‘COPE: Be prepared for disasters!’ booklets in Gagana FakaTokelau (Tokelau language) has been launched in a landmark achievement for hazard preparedness and community resilience in the Pacific.
News: Understanding the trends of heat risk
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on May 08, 2026 03:06 pm
These charts teveal trajectories and cascading impacts that are easy to miss in headlines alone. Together, they show why extreme heat is no longer a seasonal anomaly, but a persistent risk shaping systems around the world.
News: Fiji validates national risk profiling approach to strengthen disaster resilience
By Pacific Community on May 08, 2026 02:59 pm
Fiji is moving to standardise how disaster risk is understood and managed nationwide, following the validation and pilot testing of a new Risk Profiling Methodology designed to guide planning, investment, and resilience-building across sectors.
News: Rethinking how buildings can adapt to extreme heat
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on May 08, 2026 02:03 pm
For decades, cooling strategies have relied heavily on air conditioning, but this approach is increasingly strained by rising temperatures and growing energy demand.
News: The hidden links between heat, water, and energy
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on May 08, 2026 01:24 pm
Extreme heat exposes the deep structural interdependence between water and energy systems, while also revealing the limits of traditional sector-based risk management.
News: Call for bids: Host EURESFO27
By ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability on May 08, 2026 07:47 am
Cities and regional governments are invited to express their interest in hosting the 14th European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) in 2027 – a unique opportunity to place your city at the heart of Europe’s urban resilience conversation.
News: Wildfires leave lasting risks: improving predictions of hazardous debris flows in burned areas
By Geological Society of America, the on May 07, 2026 04:43 pm
Destructive landslides are more likely to occur after wildfires, but how does the hazard change as vegetation regrows? Scientists are improving prediction methods to reduce costly unnecessary warnings
News: When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida’s historic flood
By University of Pennsylvania on May 07, 2026 04:39 pm
Penn research shows that Hurricane Ida wasn’t a once-in-a-century anomaly but a preview of how climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are rewriting flood risk.
News: Financial strain, lockdowns and fear of infection during disease outbreaks magnify violence against women and girls − research
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 07, 2026 04:34 pm
When the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another crisis quietly grew behind closed doors.
News: ‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’: what kids told us about eco‑anxiety
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 07, 2026 04:28 pm
Researchers interviewed 15 Australian primary school children aged between nine and 12-years-old about environmental change, which includes things such as pollution, climate change and deforestation.
News: Climate change is supercharging hurricane rainfall, contributing to deadly floods
By Yale Climate Connections on May 07, 2026 03:29 pm
Freshwater flooding has caused over half of all direct hurricane deaths since 2013. The threat will increase as climate change makes hurricanes wetter and potentially slower-moving.
News: Alaska’s near‑record landslide tsunami sent a wave 1,580 feet up the fjord walls – and left clues for building a warning system
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 07, 2026 03:28 pm
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer were taking photos and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier. Twelve hours later, a landslide collapsed into the fjord, initiating the second-highest tsunami in recorded history.
News: Liminal diplomacy at the poles: Japan’s disaster risk reduction and the making of Arctic order
By The Arctic Institute on May 07, 2026 03:28 pm
The Arctic has reemerged as a dynamic yet unsettled governance arena.
News: Early climate health investments generate 68-fold gains in low- and middle-income countries
By World Resources Institute on May 07, 2026 03:28 pm
World Resources Institute and The Rockefeller Foundation today announced new research, which finds that early investment in climate health solutions in low- and middle-income countries can yield between US$4 and US$68 in benefits for every US$1 invested.
News: ‘Indian Niño’ drove record heat in 2023, 2024, new study finds
By Cornell University on May 07, 2026 03:27 pm
In 2023 and 2024, Earth’s average surface temperature spiked nearly 0.3 degrees Celsius above what was already expected from climate change. Each year was declared the hottest and coincided with deadly wildfires, heat waves and climate-related disasters
News: Alaska’s 2025 mega tsunami highlights risk to cruise lines as glaciers retreat
By Guardian, the (UK) on May 07, 2026 03:26 pm
Researchers say 481-metre wave in fjord was triggered by rockslide linked to climate crisis.
News: Redefining climate resilience: How RSS-Hydro is predicting weather impact with AI
By Innovation News Network on May 07, 2026 02:58 pm
As climate resilience becomes a critical pillar of European policies, RSS-Hydro’s tools utilise cutting edge geospatial technology to forecast weather and impact in immersive detail.
News: Identifying severe weather hazards further in the future with AI
By National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) on May 07, 2026 02:03 pm
Experimental forecasts leverage strengths of AI weather models to extend the forecast
News: Fire is transforming the US West’s public lands – research shows overlooked cost to recreation
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 07, 2026 12:34 pm
The scars left by the 2020 Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires remain stark: blackened hillsides, closed trails and bare slopes where forests once stood. Tthe fires caused significant and lasting declines in visitation at the burned sites.
News: Sharks may help improve climate forecasts, study finds
By University of Miami on May 07, 2026 09:06 am
Research demonstrates how animal-borne sensors can work in tandem with traditional tools to improve ocean predictions.
News: Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes?
By Grist Magazine on May 06, 2026 04:33 pm
As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, cities around the world are using drills and tabletop exercises to expose weaknesses before a real emergency strikes.
News: Scientists map the hidden electrical structure of the U.S., revealing new clues about Earth’s interior and potential risks to the power grid
By Harvard University on May 06, 2026 04:33 pm
The work represents the first United States Magnetotelluric Array (USMTArray) comprehensive survey of the electrical properties beneath the continent.
News: Dangerous heavy rains are getting more likely and widespread
By Yale Climate Connections on May 06, 2026 04:32 pm
Seven of the top 11 highest-volume precipitation events over the past 77 years have occurred just in the past 10 years.
News: Surgeon warns that climate change can disrupt cancer care
By Yale Climate Connections on May 06, 2026 04:32 pm
Wildfires, storms, and floods can lead to missed appointments and hospital closures – with life-and-death consequences.
News: Hellenic fire system satellites launched for Greece
By European Space Agency on May 06, 2026 04:29 pm
A constellation of four new satellites has been launched for Greece, marking a world first for a national satellite capability dedicated to wildfire detection and tracking.
News: Five things you need to know about El Niño’s likely comeback
By Yale Climate Connections on May 06, 2026 04:29 pm
El Niño is (probably) coming back later this year. And this time, it’s unfolding against a backdrop of unusually warm oceans and an even warmer climate system than the last time we experienced this natural climate pattern.
News: WMO: Invest in resilience as climate risks intensify
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on May 06, 2026 04:29 pm
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially launched a new financing mechanism to safeguard the critical weather forecasting backbone, which underpins trillions of dollars in economic value and supports global stability.
News: Enhancing early warning capacity in Colombia
By Pacific Disaster Center on May 06, 2026 04:27 pm
The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) is advancing its Building Disaster Early Warning Capacity project in Cali, Colombia through recent completion of an in-person DisasterAWARE training and a dedicated Training of Trainers (ToT) program.
News: Research reveals repeated flooding is altering a key Florida natural resource
By University of Florida on May 06, 2026 04:27 pm
Heavy rains causing repeated river flood intrusions into Florida’s freshwater springs are changing the function of the clear natural resource.
News: Colored microplastics could be making global warming worse
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on May 06, 2026 04:26 pm
There’s more bad news about microplastics. We already know they pose a risk to health, but now researchers have discovered that tiny plastic particles drifting in Earth’s atmosphere could be a significant contributor to global warming.
News: FSU researchers develop method to expand winter weather forecasting capabilities from weeks to months
By Florida State University on May 06, 2026 04:25 pm
Florida State University researchers have discovered how to predict winter weather forecasts months in advance, affording sectors such as agriculture, water management, energy use and public health a longer lead time to prepare for inclement conditions.
News: Saudi Arabia’s water problem has a surprising solution: its own wastewater
By European Geosciences Union on May 06, 2026 04:22 pm
More than two-thirds of Saudi Arabia’s irrigation water and a third of the country’s drinking water comes from groundwater, yet aquifers are being depleted faster than they recharge.
News: Dataset uses AI and disaster news to fill in knowledge gaps and map interconnected risks
By European Commission Joint Research Centre on May 06, 2026 04:22 pm
With the help of AI, a new open dataset turns global news into structured narratives of disasters that unfolded from 2014 to 2024, helping to better understand the dynamics of crises and human-environment interactions.
News: AIDR networks survey report 2026
By Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) on May 06, 2026 04:01 pm
AIDR conducted a sector survey to better understand the networks, communities of practice (CoP), and other collaborative groups that support disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Australia.
News: Louisiana’s shrinking coast offers a narrowing window for managed retreat
By Yale School of the Environment on May 05, 2026 04:58 pm
Louisiana is losing its coast faster than anywhere else in the U.S. What happens next could become a blueprint — or a warning — for vulnerable communities around the globe.
News: Want to predict wildfire severity? Look to the state of vegetation
By Eos – AGU on May 05, 2026 04:57 pm
A study connects satellite data on vegetation condition, topography, and weather conditions to examine the predicted versus actual burn severity of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
News: Climate disasters don’t just destroy homes, they change lives forever. We spoke with cyclone survivors in Zimbabwe
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 05, 2026 02:24 pm
Some of the most profound impacts of climate-induced disasters are emotional, cultural and social, affecting how people feel, relate to each other and think about their world.
News: Tulane researchers say Louisiana could lead global climate adaptation efforts
By Tulane University on May 05, 2026 02:13 pm
Louisiana is in a unique position to build expertise and infrastructure that will be the foundation for coming generations. Transition planning offers economic opportunities, from land-building strategies to renewable energy and new housing development
News: Research reveals repeated flooding is altering a key Florida natural resource
By University of Florida on May 05, 2026 02:03 pm
The study shows that the impacts of flooding extend beyond individual events sustaining darker water, lower oxygen levels, and accelerating the loss of underwater plants, the perfect recipe for harmful algal growth.
News: Birmingham’s climate risks and vulnerabilities mapping tool
By City of Birmingham on May 05, 2026 01:51 pm
This mapping tool is made to support disaster readiness by highlighting communities at risk of dangerous climate effects.
News: A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it’s changing what we know about earthquake zones
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 05, 2026 11:42 am
Understanding these mechanisms matters for assessing coastal communities’ earthquake and tsunami risks. A shallow slip near a trench is what drives the most destructive tsunamis.
News: Digital risks: New report maps critical vulnerabilities in the world’s interconnected systems
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on May 05, 2026 09:00 am
Digital technologies have revolutionized how we live, connect, and work, yet our growing reliance on these systems has created risks that often go unnoticed.