In the 12/09/2025 edition:
Climate Risk and Disaster Resilience: Key Global Updates (December 2025)
Climate risk and disaster resilience are becoming central to global policy and preparedness as climate change impacts intensify. This December 2025 edition highlights early warning systems, disaster risk reduction initiatives, scientific insights, and resilience strategies from around the world.
News: ESCAP Disaster Resilience Week showcases early warning systems
By United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) on Dec 08, 2025 08:51 pm
EW4All took centre stage as delegates from the WMO RAP and representatives from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) across Asia and the Pacific attended the 5th Disaster Resilience Week
News: How Japan’s coastal pine forests are becoming nature’s frontline against tsunamis
By India Today, India Today Group on Dec 08, 2025 08:37 pm
Mature pine forests further contribute to shoreline defence by dissipating the energy and spray of incoming waves.
News: From soil to space: Building flood-resilient cities
By United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) on Dec 08, 2025 12:50 pm
This year’s World Soil Day theme, “Healthy Soils, Healthy Cities”, is a timely call to incorporate healthy soils into the arsenal of tools which cities can utilize to tackle increasing flood risks.
News: Location, location, location: New analysis of home sales makes economic case for resilient coastal forests
By University of California, Santa Cruz on Dec 08, 2025 12:50 pm
Houses in Florida nearest mangroves saw much smaller price declines after major hurricanes, Zillow sales data show.
News: Wind tunnel research could help predict how wildfires spread
By University of Colorado Boulder on Dec 08, 2025 12:49 pm
The researchers are using the wind tunnels to study wildfire behavior. For nearly a decade, the team has been delving into the hundreds of factors that can affect the way wildfire starts, moves and spreads, as well as the damage it causes.
News: The birth of the climate doula
By The 19th on Dec 08, 2025 12:48 pm
In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis.
News: Will glacier melt lead to increased seismic activity in mountain regions?
By Columbia Climate School on Dec 08, 2025 12:47 pm
A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity of a peak that is part of the Mont Blanc massif.
News: From Scoping to Action: Strengthening Risk-Informed Shelter and Settlements in North-East Nigeria
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 08, 2025 11:21 am
This article highlights the collaboration between UNDRR-GSC and the CCCM/Shelter/NFI sector in North-East Nigeria in 2025 to integrate DRR into humanitarian shelter, settlement and NFI programming.
News: Why does the U.S. flood insurance gap persist, and how can private insurance transform the market?
By Moody’s Investors Service on Dec 05, 2025 04:34 pm
New Moody’s RMS modeling finds that two-thirds of U.S. flood residential modeled losses go uninsured.
News: Hurricane Melissa, debt and pre-arranged financing: Jamaica’s unfolding story
By Centre for Disaster Protection on Dec 05, 2025 04:32 pm
Several countries now spend more servicing debt than investing in essential services like health and education.
News: How do we know the role of climate change in weather events? Attribution science
By Climate Central on Dec 05, 2025 04:30 pm
Human-caused climate change has a “fingerprint” on weather that scientists can distinguish from the signals of natural climate variability. This fingerprint of human-caused climate change can be identified and measured in daily weather and extreme eve
News: Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe
By University of Cambridge on Dec 05, 2025 04:29 pm
Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence that led to the devastation of the Black Death in Europe.
News: Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an air pollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 05, 2025 04:26 pm
Air pollution is the latest environmental crisis causing havoc across Iran. Large parts of the country are already suffering from a drought, one of the worst in decades. Its wetlands are dry, and its land is subsiding at alarming rates.
News: The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 05, 2025 04:25 pm
Over 21 million renter households nationwide spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs in 2023. It’s a housing affordability crisis in motion.
News: Six-year study reveals ancient quakes along 150-mile fault system in Nepal
By Virginia Tech on Dec 05, 2025 04:23 pm
Data about prehistoric earthquakes on the Western Nepal Fault System revealed a minimum of three major previously undocumented surface-rupturing earthquakes took place along the system over the past 10,000 years and perhaps as many as 14.
News: Temperature increase is accelerating in Arab Region, with escalating impacts
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Dec 05, 2025 04:16 pm
The Arab region had its hottest year on record in 2024, and the rate of warming has accelerated in recent decades, accompanied by more intense heatwaves and droughts as well as extreme rainfall and storms,.
News: Indonesia: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy
By University of Sydney on Dec 05, 2025 02:52 pm
Recent floods in Sumatra must be understood not only as a hydrometeorological phenomenon, but as a sign of ecosystem collapse: the soil-forest-water cycle is degrading, exacerbated by decades of deforestation and land-use change.
News: Pakistan: Rise in mild Karachi earthquakes prompts calls for disaster preparedness
By Dialogue Earth on Dec 05, 2025 02:36 pm
The city’s building codes need enforcing, and the groundwater extraction that destabilises buildings needs controlling, say experts
News: Australia: Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 05, 2025 02:26 pm
If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island, the first thing you’ll notice is that the wildlife is changing. For years, scientists suspected the culprit was increasing rainfall. Our new research, published in Weather and Climate Dynamics, confirms this.
News: Thailand: New findings reveal that swift action must be taken to prepare schools for future emergencies
By United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Dec 05, 2025 02:12 pm
As devastating floods interrupt education for thousands of children in southern Thailand, recent findings from a UNICEF-NIDA survey point to vulnerabilities that could be significantly reduced with stronger preparedness.
DRR Community Voices: Living with the Indus: Building the enabling environment Pakistan needs for a resilient future
By Haris Mushtaq on Dec 05, 2025 01:15 pm
Pakistan’s relationship with water has always been double-edged. The Indus River is the backbone of the country’s economy and lifeline for millions, yet it can unleash devastation overnight.
News: From vaults to villages: How banks build financial resilience in crisis response
By Connecting Business initiative on Dec 05, 2025 12:59 pm
When disasters strike, banks and financial service structures in affected areas face significant challenges, yet they prove surprisingly resilient weathering the storm of disruption.
News: Collaborative prediction: Allocating wildfire resources early
By Domestic Preparedness on Dec 05, 2025 12:50 pm
In recent decades, the threat to life and property from “fast fires” on the southern Great Plains has escalated, and wildfires have become a prominent natural hazard on the plains of Texas and Oklahoma.
News: Human-caused earthquakes are real. Here’s why even stable regions can snap
By Africa Science News Service on Dec 04, 2025 03:34 pm
Human activities – such as mining, oil and gas extraction, dam-building and tapping into geothermal energy – have set off unexpected quakes in these stable regions.
News: REGILIENCE+ survey on climate change adaptation needs
By REGILIENCE – Regional Pathways to Climate Resilience on Dec 04, 2025 03:00 pm
REGILIENCE+ will use the results of this survey to best tailor our communication products, training programmes and policy recommendations.
News: Coastal regions and climate change: how better risk assessment can help protect infrastructure and livelihoods
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 04, 2025 02:43 pm
In late October, the Caribbean was ravaged by Hurricane Melissa, a type of storm whose likelihood has been quadrupled by climate change, according to research from Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute.
News: When disaster strikes: How fire insurance protects lives and property in informal settlements
By International Labour Organization (ILO) on Dec 04, 2025 02:43 pm
Across the world’s informal settlements, a single spark can erase a family’s home, savings, and livelihood in minutes. Yet fire insurance is rarely accessible or trusted by low-income households.
News: Smart agricultural water management
By Deltares on Dec 04, 2025 02:41 pm
At the Hoeve Lotmeer farm in Anna Paulowna, the Zoetwaterboeren project has implemented and tested both a circular water system and a drainage water purification system.
News: CCRIF launches the Livelihood Protection Policy (LPP) to safeguard vulnerable groups after storms, hurricanes and extreme rainfall events
By Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the on Dec 04, 2025 02:40 pm
In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which left thousands of low-income Jamaicans struggling to rebuild their lives and livelihoods, a groundbreaking parametric insurance product, the Livelihood Protection Policy (LPP), is being launched in Jamaica this week
News: Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 04, 2025 02:38 pm
While many scientific and technical reports show that floods are becoming larger and more common, these reports may be underestimating how their frequency is changing.
News: Sri Lanka’s latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations – here’s what needs to change
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 04, 2025 02:21 pm
With the right integration of science, planning and governance, disasters of this magnitude need not become inevitable hallmarks of Sri Lanka’s future.
News: Australia: K’gari’s unique ancient lakes once dried out. Could this happen again?
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 04, 2025 02:14 pm
New research found some of the island’s deepest lakes dried out only 7,500 years ago. In the current era of climate change, it’s possible this could happen again.
News: UNDRR: Survey on advocacy and knowledge products for disaster risk reduction
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 04, 2025 01:40 pm
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction invites your feedback on how the development community engages with its disaster risk reduction tools and information resources.
News: GADRRRES newsletter November 2025
By Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES) on Dec 03, 2025 07:08 pm
GADRRRES shares a newsletter about the activities and events the alliance develops or participates. This news item shows the November 2025 issue table of contents.
News: G20 leaders signal strong commitment to disaster risk reduction and resilience
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 03, 2025 04:36 pm
Meeting in Johannesburg, G20 Leaders adopted a historic Leaders’ Declaration calling for stronger, coordinated efforts to reduce disaster risk, expand anticipatory action, and invest in long-term resilience.