In the 05/20/2025 edition:
Disaster Risk Management 2025 is a crucial topic for governments and organizations worldwide. This year’s Disaster Risk Management 2025 events provide valuable opportunities for experts to share knowledge and develop effective strategies.
News: GIJN guide to investigating extreme heat
By Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) on May 19, 2025 07:55 pm
The examples in this guide are not news about the weather or stories on the latest scientific reports. but journalistic investigations about the effects of rising heat on humans.
News: Wildfire reporting — Expert advice on emerging issues, recurring risks
By Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) on May 19, 2025 07:43 pm
Journalists from around the Western US gathered online for a Society of Environmental Journalists’ webinar on wildfire and the new extremes, where they swapped insights about field reporting and discussed how coverage is changing. Here at top tips.
News: How a small Indian state overcame parametric insurance hurdles
By Context on May 19, 2025 07:27 pm
As countries face challenges using parametric insurance, a small Indian state found success by taking control of the process.
News: Facing the heat: Addressing the health impacts of extreme temperatures
By Asian Development Bank Institute on May 19, 2025 07:18 pm
In February 2025, ADB brought together diverse stakeholders at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy to address this pressing challenge. The resulting H.E.A.T. Framework offers a structured, human-centered approach with four key pillars
News: Simulation in Haiti shows the potential of mobile-phone alerts in disasters
By International Telecommunication Union on May 19, 2025 07:11 pm
An early-warning simulation in March 2025 reached more than 50,000 people in Cap-Haïtien, a city on the north coast of Haiti, demonstrating how localized mobile alerts can help communities take early action in hurricanes, earthquakes, or other disasters.
News: Mines and Shende LLC create extreme weather greenhouse prototype to support local farmers
By South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDMST) on May 19, 2025 06:08 pm
Two South Dakota Mines professors have completed the first prototype of an energy efficient, extreme weather greenhouse that is hoped will someday create the condition needed to grow local crops year round.
News: Improving disaster resilience requires policy solutions, national collaboration
By U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 19, 2025 05:59 pm
The growing frequency and cost of disasters continue to decimate homes, businesses, and communities from coast to coast in the US. This article points toward the need for a more vigorous, proactive, and effective policy posture for reducing risks.
News: Maui immigrant wildfire survivors continue to face gaps in housing, healthcare, more
By University of Hawai’i on May 19, 2025 05:51 pm
An UHERO analysis reveals significant mental health, housing and financial challenges among Maui’s immigrant communities in the aftermath of the 2023 wildfires—while also spotlighting community driven solutions.
News: Scientists reveal hidden heat and flood hazards across Texas
By Eos – AGU on May 19, 2025 05:43 pm
A wider swath of the Lone Star State may be affected by more heat and flood events than previous recordkeeping suggests.
News: Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 19, 2025 01:20 pm
The drought playing out across southern Australia could be a glimpse of what’s to come. New research suggests southern Australia may experience longer and more frequent droughts in the future, as the climate changes.
News: Environmental awareness study: crises affect public’s perception of environmental and climate challenges
By Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency) on May 19, 2025 12:55 pm
Germans are increasingly pessimistic about the effects of climate change and also express concern about global warming’s consequences on health.
News: What keeps people from evacuating during a disaster?
By Yale School of the Environment on May 19, 2025 12:31 pm
Residents who shelter in place during emergencies instead of following state evacuation mandates often rely on knowledge and social ties to inform their decisions, according to a recent Yale School of the Environment study.
News: Climate adaptation in Bangladesh
By VoxDev/ CEPR on May 19, 2025 11:53 am
In the absence of adequate mitigation, focusing on adaptation is now more urgent than ever for Bangladesh. As the country now faces some of the worst impacts of climate change, adaptation should be a central theme in its development agenda.
News: Building earthquake resilience in Lima’s classrooms: How children lead change in disaster preparedness in Peru
By Connecting Business initiative on May 16, 2025 02:01 pm
The “Estemos Preparados” project, an educational family emergency plan project in Lima, Peru, transformed schoolchildren into agents of change for earthquake preparedness in their communities.
News: GRIT remaps the world’s rivers, branching into the unknown to aid global flood modelling
By University of Oxford on May 16, 2025 01:13 pm
A team of researchers created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.
News: A vicious cycle: How methane emissions from warming wetlands could exacerbate climate change
By University of Colorado Boulder on May 16, 2025 11:48 am
Warming in the Arctic is intensifying methane emissions, contributing to a vicious feedback loop that could accelerate climate change even more, according to a study.
News: Amazon could survive long-term drought but at a high cost
By University of Edinburgh on May 16, 2025 11:44 am
The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study suggests.
News: Trump pick for workplace safety agency sparks fears heat protections will be derailed
By Guardian, the (UK) on May 16, 2025 11:36 am
As the US prepares for what could be another record-breaking hot summer, Donald Trump and his pick to lead the nation’s workplace safety agency are expected to derail the creation of the nation’s first-ever federal labor protections from extreme heat.
News: NASA satellite images could provide early volcano warnings
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration on May 16, 2025 11:32 am
Scientists know that changing tree leaves can indicate when a nearby volcano is becoming more active and might erupt. In a new collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, scientists now believe they can detect these changes from space.
News: How Kenyans are experiencing climate change
By BBC Media Action on May 16, 2025 11:31 am
We worked with Esri to develop an interactive dashboard that shows how vulnerable communities in Kenya access, interpret, and act on climate and weather information.
News: Tech meets tornado recovery
By Texas A&M University System on May 16, 2025 11:15 am
Researchers have developed a new AI model to speed up tornado damage assessments and recovery.
News: Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) in Nepal with premium support from ISF
By InsuResilience Solutions Fund on May 16, 2025 11:10 am
The InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) has co-funded the development and implementation of Nepal’s first index-based flood insurance (IBFI) product.
News: In one Indian city, reflective paint and bus stop sprinklers offer relief from killer heat
By Associated Press on May 16, 2025 11:03 am
After a 2010 heat wave killed more than 1,300 people in Ahmedabad, India, city and health officials rushed to develop South Asia’s first heat action plan.
News: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering
By Carbon Brief on May 16, 2025 10:42 am
The UK government’s “high-risk” research funding agency last week announced that it will invest £57m ($76m) in a new solar geoengineering research programme.
News: Navigating numbers and disasters: Muryelle Rabemananjara’s insights into Madagascar’s preparedness for climate shocks
By Financial Protection Forum (World Bank) on May 16, 2025 10:37 am
Muryelle Rabemananjara (Head of Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance) shares her insights into Madagascar’s evolving DRF landscape and the role of financial instruments in mitigating disaster impacts.
News: Join the hackathon: Innovators wanted!
By United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Headquarters on May 15, 2025 01:17 pm
The Youth Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Hackathon aims to create a global platform for youth collaboration and problem-solving. It encourages youth teams to respond to contemporary climate and disaster challenges through innovation.
News: Key local resources on cooling extreme heat
By All India Disaster Mitigation Institute on May 15, 2025 12:58 pm
The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) focuses on mitigating the impacts of extreme heat, especially in vulnerable communities. In this context, AIDMI shares the following research to better evaluate extreme heat projects and programmes.
News: New research reveals millions of Brits don’t understand key home insurance terms
By Go.Compare on May 15, 2025 12:43 pm
Research has revealed that a surprising number of UK homeowners don’t understand important home insurance terms – with only half of Brits fully knowing the meaning of Accidental Damage (52%).
News: New study shows how ancient climates may inform monsoon prediction
By Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 15, 2025 12:36 pm
A study explores how the South Asian Summer Monsoon (SASM) responds to warming under six climate scenarios, spanning from the past to the future.
News: The ripple effect of small earthquakes near major faults
By University of California, Santa Cruz on May 15, 2025 12:29 pm
Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds.
News: WMO strengthens hydrological partnerships with Republic of Korea
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on May 15, 2025 12:25 pm
WMO has signed a new partnership agreement with the Republic of Korea to strengthen international cooperation in operational hydrology, flood forecasting and water resource management.
News: Resilient solutions involve input and data from the community
By Eos – AGU on May 15, 2025 12:21 pm
Data dashboards assist in understanding a community’s vulnerability to climate impacts, but input from the communities themselves helps identify and support actionable solutions.
News: Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time
By Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences on May 15, 2025 12:02 pm
CIRES, CU Boulder-led research demonstrates shipborne navigation systems have potential to improve tsunami detection and warning.
News: Heat and pollution events are deadly, especially in the Global South
By Eos – AGU on May 15, 2025 11:52 am
Researchers found that the combination of heat waves and high PM2.5 pollution led to nearly 700,000 premature deaths in the past 30 years—most of which occurred in the Global South.
News: The government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk
By Grist Magazine on May 15, 2025 10:50 am
Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. Now what will they do?
News: Roles of occupational therapists: Disaster preparedness and recovery
By Elmhurst University on May 14, 2025 03:41 pm
With a foundation embedded in creativity, adaptability and evidence-based practice, OTs approach disaster environments with a holistic perspective that addresses both immediate and long-term needs.
News: How ‘beneficial fire’ reduces risk of wildfire: report
By University of Victoria on May 14, 2025 02:13 pm
Beneficial fire will be essential to reducing wildfire risk and promoting wildfire resilience, according to a report by the POLIS Wildfire Resilience Project, based at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies.
News: Climate change increasing pregnancy risks around the world due to extreme heat
By Climate Central on May 14, 2025 12:59 pm
Extreme heat presents dangerous risks to global maternal health and birth outcomes, and it’s becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change.
News: As insurance gets harder to buy, NZ has 3 choices for disaster recovery – and we keep choosing the worst one
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 14, 2025 12:25 pm
The insurance industry has already signalled it is pulling out of some places in New Zealand, leaving the government and homeowners to question what happens next. This is not something that should be ignored, or met with ad-hoc, unplanned responses.
News: Scientists exploring how to beat heat for better sleep
By Japan Times Ltd., the on May 14, 2025 12:12 pm
Humans lost an average of 44 hours of sleep a year during the first two decades of the 21st century compared to earlier periods, according to a 2022 study published in the journal One Earth, which linked the data to rising temperatures.
News: Heightened preparedness as desert locust outbreak threatens Western region
By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Headquarters on May 14, 2025 12:05 pm
Continued vigilance and coordination to mitigate the impact of locust outbreaks on agriculture and food security.
News: Massive blackout in Spain shows need for grid investment, battery storage, experts say
By The Energy Mix on May 13, 2025 07:23 pm
An underdeveloped power grid, not a rapid buildout of solar panels, was the mostly likely cause of the devastating blackout that hit Spain and Portugal April 28, even though renewable energy opponents were quick enough to blame solar.
News: Call for peers-Blue-green infrastructure for business parks
By European Interregional Center Of Training Rescuers on May 13, 2025 04:14 pm
This effort supports Interwaas’ goal of reversing the trend of excessive soil sealing and make existing business parks more liveable, climate-resilient, and aligned with new regional regulations in Flanders.
News: Droughts and heatwaves reduce plants’ ability to absorb CO2
By Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA‑UAB) – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona on May 13, 2025 03:09 pm
Frequent heat and drought events in southwestern Europe are reducing ecosystems’ capacity to absorb CO2, according to a recent study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB).
News: Heat extremes in southern Africa might continue even if net-zero emissions are achieved
By Conversation Media Group, the on May 13, 2025 02:53 pm
Research finds that the intensity of heat extremes after achieving net zero will lessen in most parts of the world, but this differs from region to region.
News: Sinkholes and the people who love them
By Grist Magazine on May 13, 2025 02:48 pm
As climate change makes sinkholes more common, more and more people are finding “a love of all things holey.”
News: Children with disabilities benefit from earthquake, safety drills
By Tehran Times, the on May 13, 2025 02:03 pm
The objectives of earthquake drills in schools are to increase students’ awareness of earthquakes, prepare them to respond correctly and quickly, and familiarize them with natural disasters, empowering them to face such events.
News: Faster outbreak survivor sample collection can help stop pandemics in their tracks
By Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations on May 13, 2025 01:38 pm
CEPI and PATH are teaming up to build new resources and help find more ways to swiftly collect samples from survivors in a coordinated fashion to rapidly develop new vaccines, tests and treatment.
News: Summer in the city: Mitigating the effect of urban heat release on local rainfall
By Kyoto University 京都大学 on May 13, 2025 01:25 pm
A team of researchers at Kyoto University set out to investigate how the reduction in urban heat release could help mitigate and control the rapid development of thunderstorms and local rainfall.
News: Number of internally displaced people tops 80 million for first time
By Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) on May 13, 2025 01:14 pm
IDMC’s Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) is the authoritative source for data and analysis on the state of internal displacement for the previous year. The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) reached 83.4 million at the end of 2024.