In the 09/16/2025 edition:
Disaster Risk and Climate Updates for September 16, 2025, covers the latest global developments in chemical fires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, extreme heat, and wildfire management.
News: A complete message for a chemical fire
By The Warn Room on Sep 15, 2025 04:34 pm
Chemical fires pose severe risks, especially to vulnerable groups. A recent alert from Henderson EMA showed best practice: clear source, hazard, locations, and plain instructions. Adding a trusted info link could further guide protective actions.
News: Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
By Guardian, the (UK) on Sep 15, 2025 04:26 pm
The violent weather that battered Europe this summer caused short-term economic losses of at least €43bn, according to an EU-wide estimate, with costs expected to rise to €126bn by 2029.
News: The Texas flood tragedy was predictable, but was it preventable?
By California WaterBlog on Sep 15, 2025 04:22 pm
The recent flood tragedy in Texas underscores the urgent need for a new approach to flood management. By creating safe spaces for community discussions, leveraging governance structures and ensuring sustainable funding from higher levels of government.
News: NASA’s GUARDIAN tsunami detection tech catches wave in real time
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Sep 15, 2025 03:31 pm
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before.
News: April 2025 magnitude 6.2 earthquake near Istanbul highlights strengths and weaknesses in seismic mitigation
By Temblor on Sep 15, 2025 02:38 pm
Experts dive into what went well and what needs to be improved when it comes to major earthquakes in Istanbul, Türkiye.
News: Bringing living heritage into classrooms: new UNESCO episode explores disaster risk reduction in the Pacific
By United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Headquarters on Sep 15, 2025 01:39 pm
The new episode aims to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding living heritage in the face of disasters. It also introduces the core concepts of disaster risk reduction and intangible cultural heritage into schools across the Pacific region.
News: Evacuations of indigenous communities during wildfires must prioritize keeping families together
By Conversation Media Group, the on Sep 15, 2025 11:20 am
From 1980 to 2021, Indigenous communities made up 42 per cent of wildfire evacuations even though they are only five per cent of Canada’s population. The 2023 wildfire season resulted in the evacuation of more than 95 Indigenous communities.
News: 2025 Kamchatka tsunami triggered rapid insurance payout in the South Pacific
By Temblor on Sep 15, 2025 11:03 am
Just 10 days after the Kamchatka tsunami hit its shores, the island nation of Samoa received a payout from the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), a regional development insurer.
News: A climate-responsive social safety net is needed for marginalized Canadians
By Institute for Research on Public Policy on Sep 12, 2025 09:56 pm
For anyone already struggling, chaotic disaster responses increase vulnerability and the risk of poverty, health crises and death.
News: Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’
By Dialogue Earth on Sep 12, 2025 09:30 pm
Dialogue Earth speaks to water resource management expert Muhammad Ehsan Leghari on how severe flooding can be better managed even as the country remains vulnerable to it.
News: Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters
By Guardian, the (UK) on Sep 12, 2025 03:34 pm
Children as young as three will have lessons on wildfires and flooding under 10-point emergency response plan.
News: Weathering the storm: How business continuity planning makes Fiji more resilient
By Connecting Business initiative on Sep 12, 2025 03:34 pm
This initiative reflects how investing in disaster resilience does more than just prepare businesses—it also contributes to the broader resilience of the Fijian economy.
News: Resilience by design: Strategic actions for climate adaptation
By Atlantic Council on Sep 11, 2025 04:39 pm
This report outlines five action areas designed to empower and inform community leaders and policymakers working to mitigate and prevent climate costs.
News: Extreme heat in U.S. cities revealed at high resolution
By American Geophysical Union on Sep 11, 2025 04:31 pm
Data from personal weather stations power a novel way to detect urban heat islands.
News: Addressing food insecurity amid conflict and climate shocks in Myanmar
By Development Asia on Sep 11, 2025 04:23 pm
Solutions include food aid, farm recovery, climate-smart practices, fair pricing, rural finance, and resilient infrastructure.
News: When forecasts failed, but action didn’t – Start Ready’s experience with basis risk
By Start Network on Sep 11, 2025 04:01 pm
Start Ready operates by prepositioning funds that are released when forecasts of a crisis materialise enabling locally positioned members to implement pre-agreed activities designed to mitigate forecasted impacts.
News: Geoengineering won’t save us from global warming, new study says
By Inside Climate News on Sep 11, 2025 03:59 pm
A team of the world’s best ice and climate researchers studied a handful of recently publicized engineering concepts for protecting Earth’s polar ice caps and found that none of them are likely to work.
News: Why people displaced by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate risks
By Conversation Media Group, the on Sep 11, 2025 03:57 pm
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) have specific vulnerabilities due to displacement; they are likely to have used up whatever money and other assets they had, leaving them unable to make the same adaptations as those who have not been displaced.
News: World’s largest fossil fuel and cement producers are responsible for about half the intensity of recent heat waves, new study shows
By Inside Climate News on Sep 11, 2025 03:56 pm
Scientists say such source attribution could help power litigation aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for damages from heat waves and other extreme weather linked to climate change.
News: Protecting our past: Wildfire strategies for historic buildings
By Headwaters Economics on Sep 11, 2025 03:54 pm
Nearly a quarter (24%) of public and private properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places fall within counties with high or very high wildfire risk.
News: First came the wildfire. Then came the scams
By Grist Magazine on Sep 11, 2025 03:53 pm
More than a third of people impacted by a disaster report experiencing fraud. About 8 percent said they experienced contractor fraud, and another 10 percent reported vendor fraud.
News: Supporting cities in advancing a holistic and systemic approach to resilience in Central Asia
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia on Sep 11, 2025 03:14 pm
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), within its project “Strengthening disaster resilience and accelerating implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia”, engages with the capital cities of C
News: Take part in the 2025 evaluation of the UN-SPIDER Knowledge portal
By United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response on Sep 11, 2025 08:50 am
The UN-SPIDER programme and its Regional Support Office (RSO) network partners invite you to take part in the 2025 evaluation of the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal – its global hub for space-based information in disaster management.
News: Are cloudbursts a scapegoat for India’s floods?
By Dialogue Earth on Sep 10, 2025 12:21 pm
Recent flooding in various Himalayan states have been widely attributed to cloudbursts, but experts say the label masks systemic failures.
News: AI agent by IWMI and Microsoft to drive new thinking in water management
By International Water Management Institute (IWMI) on Sep 10, 2025 12:05 pm
The collaboration combines IWMI’s research capabilities with Microsoft’s cutting-edge AI technology to tackle pressing water management challenges in southern Africa’s Limpopo River Basin.
News: Will NASA kill a pair of critical climate satellites?
By Inside Climate News on Sep 09, 2025 07:13 pm
The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for the satellites, which are in good working order and provide some of the best data on carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.
News: Can British gardens survive climate chaos?
By University of Cambridge on Sep 09, 2025 07:08 pm
From summer heatwaves to winter downpours, Britain’s climate is becoming more extreme and unpredictable. What does it all mean for our very British obsession with gardening?
News: ‘A perfect symbiosis’: planting vines and other ways hot cities are creating cool spaces
By Guardian, the (UK) on Sep 09, 2025 06:56 pm
Living – or crocheted – canopies and a 3,000-year-old Persian technique are among methods being used to cope as temperatures soar.
News: As storms become more extreme, it’s time to rethink how we design roofs
By Conversation Media Group, the on Sep 09, 2025 12:49 pm
As extreme wind events are becoming more intense across New Zealand and the Pacific, roofs are often the first point of failure. But they remain one of the most overlooked elements in discussions about resilience and safety.
News: How China is adapting to ‘more frequent and intense’ heat extremes
By Carbon Brief on Sep 09, 2025 12:48 pm
In this Q&A, Carbon Brief looks at how heat extremes are changing in China, the role of climate change in making these worse and how the country is adapting to the impacts.
News: Preparing for the next ‘big one’
By University of California, Berkeley on Sep 09, 2025 12:47 pm
Studying how people are injured inside buildings during earthquakes could improve safety and survival.