In the 11/04/2025 edition:
News: GP2025 Proceedings and related key documents available online
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Nov 03, 2025 08:00 pm
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is pleased to announce that the Proceedings of the GP2025 are now available in the six official languages of the United Nations.
News: Protecting people and development gains: UN Global Assessment Report 2025 (GAR 2025) insights for World Summit on Social Development (WSSD 2025)
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Nov 02, 2025 08:36 am
As the Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) kicks off this week, the message is clear: protecting people and development gains is essential to help countries anticipate, mitigate, and recover from crises while sustaining development progress.
News: Pacific Prepared Podcast: ‘The skills need to be passed’ – Solomon Islands journalist is passionate about the preservation of traditional knowledge
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Oct 31, 2025 07:22 pm
A Solomon Islands journalist and communications specialist talks about the importance of holding onto traditional knowledge, particularly on the outer islands.
News: Pacific Prepared Podcast: Pacific-based journalists speak about the greatest climate-related threats their audiences face and how they manage to cover these stories
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Oct 31, 2025 07:18 pm
Hear from Pacific journalists about the biggest climate-related threats facing their audiences and how they report on these stories.
News: How Jamaica took out an insurance policy for itself, and why it’s about to pay off after Hurricane Melissa
By CBC/Radio-Canada on Oct 31, 2025 07:05 pm
$150M US ‘catastrophe bond’ issued last year headed to full payout, will provide Jamaica immediate help.
News: Mapping volcanoes’ ‘hidden’ structures may help predict severity and timing of eruptions
By University of Rhode Island on Oct 31, 2025 07:00 pm
URI oceanography students conduct research on two active Hawaiian volcanoes.
News: Fighting heat at the workplace
By Development Asia on Oct 31, 2025 06:56 pm
Shaded rest, clean water, and cooling systems safeguard workers from extreme heat while boosting productivity.
News: 10 new insights in climate science
By International Science Council (ISC) on Oct 31, 2025 06:50 pm
Land carbon sinks cannot keep up, while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes – warns a new report by FutureEarth, the World Climate Research Programme and the Earth League.
News: Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’
By Guardian, the (UK) on Oct 31, 2025 06:46 pm
Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future.
News: 4 urgent lessons for Jamaica’s hurricane recovery from Puerto Rico’s struggles – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 31, 2025 06:41 pm
Recovering from the devastation of one of the Atlantic’s most powerful storms, which struck on Oct. 28, 2025, will take months and likely years in some areas. That work is made much harder by the isolation of being an island.
News: Regional stress tests reveal the impact of widespread extreme rainfall on the Netherlands and support better preparedness
By Deltares on Oct 31, 2025 03:25 pm
This study explores the consequences if an extreme rainfall event—200 mm in 48 hours—were to occur simultaneously across other provinces. In some areas, floodwaters could persist for several weeks, while in others, localised depths could exceed one me
News: After the storm: to rebuild or relocate?
By The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) on Oct 31, 2025 02:07 pm
Study reveals how residents and government officials in a flood-prone community feel about adapting to climate change — and how political views may play a role
News: Women and heat risk: Expert Q&A with Gabrielle Giersch and Nisha Charkoudian
By Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) on Oct 31, 2025 01:51 pm
Women have long been underrepresented in biomedical research, and studies on heat exposure are no exception. This gap has fueled myths and misconceptions about how women biologically respond to heat
News: In parts of the Brazilian Amazon, science leads the fight against forest fire
By Eos – AGU on Oct 31, 2025 01:23 pm
The state of Acre counts on science to optimize its limited resources for monitoring and combating forest fires and environmental destruction.
News: Hurricane Melissa: four times more likely in the 2025 climate
By Imperial College London on Oct 31, 2025 12:35 pm
Melissa was one of the most powerful landfalling hurricanes ever recorded. A “Melissa” type hurricane at landfall is about four times more likely in the 2025 climate compared to a pre-industrial baseline. This event was unlikely without climate change
News: Particulate matter from wildfires causes globally over 100,000 annual deaths – impacts of fire smoke and desert dust are unevenly distributed between continents
By Finnish Meteorological Institute on Oct 31, 2025 12:33 pm
Fine particles from wildfires cause over 100,000 premature deaths each year around the world, according to the Lancet Countdown 2025 report.
News: Dam disasters of the 1920s made reservoirs safer – now the climate crisis is increasing risk again
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 31, 2025 12:31 pm
One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six children lost their lives.
News: Turning smartphones into earthquake sensors
By Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) on Oct 31, 2025 12:30 pm
A study published in Nature Communications reveals a breakthrough: citizens’ smartphones can be used to create highly detailed site amplification maps.
News: Heatwaves in Northern and Central Europe becoming more intense and unpredictable
By Hamburg University of Applied Sciences on Oct 31, 2025 12:28 pm
A study published in Nature Communications finds that due to climate change, heatwaves in Europe are not only becoming more frequent and hotter but also increasingly unpredictable.
News: Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections
By University of New South Wales on Oct 31, 2025 12:27 pm
New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.
News: Arab States accelerate disaster loss and damage data: Regional rollout of DELTA Resilience launched in Doha
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Arab States on Oct 30, 2025 08:09 pm
More than 35 participants participated in the Regional Workshop on DELTA Resilience, co-organized by UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) and the Government of Qatar from 29 to 30 October 2025.
News: Annual heat-related deaths surge to 546 000 in the last decade due to climate change
By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on Oct 30, 2025 04:50 pm
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report reveals that the continued dependence on fossil fuels and limited progress in climate adaptation are affecting people’s health, livelihoods, and contributing to a rise in heat-related deaths.
News: Climate report: Earth on dangerous path but rapid action can avert the worst outcomes
By Oregon State University on Oct 30, 2025 04:39 pm
2024 was the hottest year on record and likely the hottest in at least 125,000 years, according to an annual report issued by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists.
News: Climate change is becoming an insurance crisis
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 30, 2025 04:30 pm
The risks associated with climate change are breaking the insurance industry. In the past decade alone, flood frequency has increased fourfold in the tropics and 2.5 times in mid-latitude regions).
News: What do governments really want from pre-arranged finance?
By Centre for Disaster Protection on Oct 30, 2025 04:06 pm
The Centre is embarking on an ambitious new research initiative to understand what countries really want from pre-arranged finance for disasters.
News: Scientists use satellites to decode global climate displacement
By University of Strathclyde on Oct 30, 2025 04:04 pm
Satellite technology is helping researchers at the University of Strathclyde understand how climate change is forcing people to leave their homes – and how communities can build resilience before disasters strike.
News: Valencia floods, one year on: what have we learned, and how can we prevent similar tragedies in the future?
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 30, 2025 04:03 pm
On October 29 2024, destructive storms hit several areas of the Iberian peninsula, causing the most extreme rainfall recorded in Spain during the 21st century.
News: Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 30, 2025 04:02 pm
Hurricane Melissa grew into one of the most powerful Atlantic tropical cyclones in recorded history on Oct. 28, 2025, hitting western Jamaica with 185 mph sustained winds.
News: The changing monsoon in the Himalayas: Lessons from Bhutan’s floods
By Himalayan Times, the – International Media Network Nepal Pvt. Ltd. on Oct 30, 2025 04:01 pm
The Himalayan arc from Bhutan through Nepal and India into Pakistan has always followed the rhythm of the monsoon. In 2025, that rhythm became deadly.
News: Temporal compression in the Himalayas: Managing tourism and monsoon hazards
By Observer Research Foundation on Oct 30, 2025 04:00 pm
The convergence of peak tourist seasons and monsoon hazards is causing dangerous ‘temporal compression’ in the Himalayas — intensifying ecological stress, amplifying disaster risks, and exposing the urgent need for climate-sensitive tourism.
News: Nationwide study reveals escalating flood risk
By University of Waikato on Oct 30, 2025 03:59 pm
More than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to flooding from one-in-100-year rainfall flooding events.
DRR Community Voices: Building for the next disaster: How a structural engineer is strengthening resilience
By Tiziana Rossetto on Oct 30, 2025 03:10 pm
The frontier of earthquake engineering has shifted towards the provision of resilience. This means design approaches are being developed to help limit loss of function and help restore function rapidly in key infrastructure in the case of an earthquake.
News: Disaster 101: Your guide to extreme weather preparation, relief, and recovery
By Grist Magazine on Oct 30, 2025 10:04 am
Grist created a comprehensive guide to help you stay ready and informed before, during, and after these traumatic and chaotic events, as well as where to find and build support in your community.
News: Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 29, 2025 07:16 pm
What makes Melissa so alarming isn’t just its size and strength, but the speed with which it became so powerful. In a single day, it exploded from a moderate storm into a major hurricane with 170mph winds.
News: Building resilience: UNDP’s response to Pakistan’s recurring floods
By United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Oct 29, 2025 04:31 pm
As Pakistan reels from yet another devastating monsoon, UNDP stands with communities, delivering urgent relief today while building resilience for tomorrow.
News: Using AI to help predict wildfires in Alaska
By Arizona State University on Oct 29, 2025 04:29 pm
Arizona State University researchers are using artificial intelligence to characterize a vast array of wildfire fuels and generate fuel maps at a much higher resolution than existing maps.
News: The Pacific further invests in data and decision-ready tools to support Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
By Pacific Community on Oct 29, 2025 04:28 pm
Korean and Pacific institutions entered into a four-year agreement to enhance earth observation data-driven decision-making capabilities to support coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP).
News: Sinking Indian megacities pose ‘alarming’ building damage risks
By Nature Sustainability on Oct 29, 2025 04:26 pm
When cities pump more water from aquifers than nature can replenish, the ground quite literally sinks
News: AI is changing our understanding of earthquakes
By Eos – AGU on Oct 29, 2025 03:01 pm
Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to improve quake forecasts.
News: Tectonics and Astronomy shape Late Paleozoic climate
By Peking University on Oct 29, 2025 01:55 pm
A research team has revealed how interactions between Earth’s tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped the planet’s climate and carbon cycle during the Late Paleozoic Era.
News: Climate change is making cities hotter. Here’s how planting trees can help
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 29, 2025 01:53 pm
Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as the global average, and many cities will experience at least four times as many extreme heat events (days above 30 C) per year in the coming decades.
News: How climate change can make people more likely to get into violent conflict
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 29, 2025 01:52 pm
Climate change is reshaping weather patterns around the world. Aside from disturbing ecosystems, these environmental shifts risk triggering psychological reactions in people that can escalate into violent conflict.
News: Why is the Mediterranean region so prone to flooding? A new study has answers
By Euronews on Oct 29, 2025 11:16 am
A new study, published in Scientific Reports, looks at the conditions that fuelled flooding in the Mediterranean, and what it means for future extreme events.
News: Exxon sues California over climate laws, alleging free speech violations
By Guardian, the (UK) on Oct 28, 2025 04:51 pm
Exxon, an oil firm consistently ranked among the world’s top contributors to global carbon emissions, is suing the state of California over two climate-focused state laws, arguing that the rules infringe upon the corporation’s right to free speech.
News: Why earthquakes sometimes still occur in tectonically silent regions
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Oct 28, 2025 04:50 pm
This research, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, is vitally important in the search for safe locations for applications such as geothermal energy production and energy storage.
News: New earthquake model goes against the grain
By Eos – AGU on Oct 28, 2025 04:21 pm
Subducting plates are stronger in certain directions than in others, which may be a factor in how earthquakes occur and how seismic waves propagate.
News: Hurricane Melissa is a monster climate change-fueled hurricane: Here’s what to know
By Union of Concerned Scientists on Oct 28, 2025 04:20 pm
People in its path will be contending with an extreme crisis in the days to come and an enormous human and economic toll in the foreseeable future.
News: How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast
By Grist Magazine on Oct 28, 2025 04:19 pm
History is unfolding in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Hurricane Melissa has spun up into an extraordinarily dangerous Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, and is set to strike Jamaica this afternoon before marching toward Cuba.
News: World Tsunami Awareness Day commemorated in Geneva: a call for preparedness, inclusion, and cooperation
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Oct 28, 2025 02:52 pm
With more people than ever exposed to tsunamis, UNDRR and the Permanent Mission of Japan organized an event to mark a decade of World Tsunami Awareness Day.
News: Cranberry farmers consider turning bogs into wetlands as temperatures rise
By Inside Climate News on Oct 28, 2025 02:20 pm
The shift, called a green exit strategy, has been developed by state agencies and conservationists and driven in part by farmers finding tougher competition from regions with colder climates and younger vines.
News: Street vendors are struggling with rising temperatures
By Dialogue Earth on Oct 28, 2025 02:20 pm
Leaders and scientists are seeking solutions to the health and income problems that extreme heat causes for Global South food stall traders.