In the 12/23/2025 edition:
Alaska landslide risks are increasingly being identified through advanced analysis of seismic signals, as researchers uncover seasonal ground vibrations near Barry Arm caused by freezing and thawing water in rock fractures.
News: Study searches for landslide clues in seismic signals from Alaska’s Barry Arm
By Seismological Society of America on Dec 22, 2025 02:55 pm
Researchers studying a massive landslide in Alaska have detected strange seasonal seismic pulses caused by water freezing and thawing in rock cracks.
News: Africa: Warming may make tropical cyclone “seeds” riskier
By Eos – AGU on Dec 22, 2025 02:54 pm
Intensified hurricane precursors may linger longer over the continent, worsening extreme flooding hazards.
News: Tajikistan accelerates implementation of the national early warning systems roadmap
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia on Dec 22, 2025 02:48 pm
On 15 December 2025, Tajikistan National Pillar Leads convened a coordination meeting with the relevant state agencies to review the implementation of the National Roadmap on Enhancing Early Warning System in the country.
News: The disaster-prone Philippines invested billions in flood control. Then officials looted the funds
By Cable News Network on Dec 22, 2025 02:40 pm
Torrential downpours and deadly flooding in disaster-prone Philippines are not new. Revelations in recent months that politicians, officials and contractors had looted billions of dollars from a nationwide program supposed to mitigate their effects
News: Tajikistan takes steps to implement the National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia on Dec 22, 2025 02:38 pm
The Interagency Working Group of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) convened to review progress in the implementation of the National DRR Strategy and to discuss priority actions to strengthen the capacity of the Platform.
News: Disaster after disaster: Do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 22, 2025 02:23 pm
As an integral part of the “build back better” approach, authorities must include strategies for environmentally and socially responsible management of building materials.
News: Canada: The climate insurance gap is widening, and it’s leaving marginalized Canadians behind
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 22, 2025 02:18 pm
Every year, extreme weather events wreak havoc across Canada, Lower-income and marginalized populations face greater exposure, have fewer resources to prepare or recover and incur a higher proportion of losses not covered by insurance.
News: Hot, humid weather during pregnancy poses far greater risks to child health than heat alone
By University of California, Santa Barbara on Dec 22, 2025 02:00 pm
In a paper published in Science Advances, researchers at UC Santa Barbara looked at the effect of prenatal exposure to extremely hot, humid conditions on the health of children in South Asia
News: USA: OSU researchers develop new tools to protect Okla’s power grid from flooding
By Oklahoma State University on Dec 22, 2025 01:30 pm
A new study led by Dr. Maha Kenawy, assistant professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is developing a computational tool to assess the vulnerability of electric transmission infrastructure during severe rainfall events.
News: Australia: When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 22, 2025 01:07 pm
Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia’s power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households.
News: Parliamentarian engagement in advancing disaster risk reduction
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 22, 2025 11:16 am
This 5-minute survey will assist us in understanding how parliamentarians are advancing the disaster risk reduction action agenda and how parliamentary engagement could be further enhanced.
News: Extreme heat turns work deadly
By Yale Climate Connections on Dec 19, 2025 02:54 pm
From India’s cane fields to U.S. factories, rising temperatures are driving a surge in workplace injuries worldwide.
News: After catastrophic flooding in Washington State, three factors will likely shape long-term recovery
By Urban Institute on Dec 19, 2025 02:46 pm
With the future of federal resources still undetermined, recovery efforts may be more likely to replicate predisaster conditions, leaving housing and infrastructure exposed to the same risks.
News: 6 lessons extreme heat taught us in 2025
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 19, 2025 02:30 pm
Heat risk is crosscutting; therefore, no single sector or actor can tackle the challenge alone. The lessons below show what has been discovered about extreme heat and what it will take to respond in a world that will not cool down.
News: Spain sets up national network of climate shelters as heatwaves become ‘the new normal’
By Euronews on Dec 19, 2025 02:28 pm
Spain is setting up a nationwide network of climate shelters ahead of next summer, announced Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of Spain.
News: Bangladesh: Advancing Early Warnings for All: 2025 updates
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 19, 2025 02:18 pm
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Bangladesh is strengthening inclusive, end-to-end early warning systems through national leadership and partnerships.
News: Mozambique: Advancing Early Warnings for All: 2025 updates
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 19, 2025 02:18 pm
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Mozambique is building the systems, partnerships, and community networks needed to turn forecasts into timely action that saves lives.
News: Somalia: Advancing Early Warnings for All: 2025 updates
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 19, 2025 02:17 pm
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Somalia is building the systems, partnerships, and community networks needed to turn forecasts into timely action that saves lives.
News: Haiti: Advancing Early Warnings for All: 2025 updates
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 19, 2025 02:17 pm
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Haiti is building the systems, partnerships, and community networks needed to turn forecasts into timely action that saves lives.
News: Liberia: Advancing Early Warnings for All: 2025 updates
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 19, 2025 02:17 pm
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Liberia is strengthening inclusive, end-to-end early warning systems through national leadership and partnerships.
News: Nearly three-quarters of western US overdue for wildfires
By American Geophysical Union on Dec 19, 2025 01:44 pm
New research has found nearly 38 million hectares of land in the western United States is historically behind on its burning, leaving those lands in a “fire deficit.”
News: Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 19, 2025 01:43 pm
Annual surveys conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication have found that the percentage of Americans “alarmed” about climate change rose over the past 11 years – from 15% in 2014 to 26% in 2024.
News: ‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever
By Guardian, the (UK) on Dec 19, 2025 01:35 pm
The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in the US, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time.
News: The economic consequences of earthquakes: A tale from two datasets
By VOXEU/ CEPR on Dec 19, 2025 01:33 pm
Economic studies of earthquakes often rely on incomplete data, excluding lower-intensity events that can still cause disruptions. These results highlight the importance of systematic data collection of natural hazards.
News: Marine heat waves and raw sewage combine to put human health at risk
By Mongabay on Dec 19, 2025 01:31 pm
Earlier this year, a spate of deaths in Florida caused by a flesh-eating bacteria, made headlines. Infections of this kind are on the rise as ocean temperatures surge higher and marine heat waves increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change.
News: The women making Africa’s food system more resilient
By Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) on Dec 19, 2025 01:30 pm
Over a third of working women worldwide are employed in agriculture and food systems. Despite this, female farmers receive less than 10% of agricultural loans, a persistent barrier to gender equality in agrifood systems.
News: Globe-trotting weather pattern influences rainfall in Hawaii
By Eos – AGU on Dec 19, 2025 01:28 pm
Isolated islands that depend on rainfall could benefit from improved forecasting of near-future events, and understanding the Madden-Julian Oscillation could hold an important key.
News: How ancient indigenous societies made today’s Amazon more resilient
By Eos – AGU on Dec 19, 2025 01:20 pm
The future of the Amazon may rely on its past. Portions of the forest managed by pre-Columbian populations hold higher biomass and are more able to withstand climate change.
DRR Community Voices: Uncovering local realities: a spotlight on a disaster anthropologist
By Maëlle Calandra on Dec 18, 2025 03:46 pm
Maëlle Calandra, a disaster anthropologist and a research fellow was interviewed by PreventionWeb to find out how disasters on the island of Tongoa and the socio-cultural realities of its people interact in such a hazard-prone area.
News: A new Arab moment for achieving disaster resilience starts in Cairo
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 18, 2025 01:26 pm
As Egypt hosts the first “Arab Regional Forum on Early Warning Systems and Disaster Preparedness,” from 17 to 18 December, the region stands at a defining moment.
News: How Jamaica’s preparedness delivers after a devastating hurricane
By World Bank, the on Dec 18, 2025 11:59 am
Over the past decade, the Government of Jamaica has worked closely with the World Bank to build fiscal buffers and invest in financial instruments designed to respond to disasters of varying frequency and impact.
News: China and Mongolia are battling to control massive dust storms
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 18, 2025 11:55 am
Dust storms regularly affect northern China, including its capital Beijing. In recent years, Chinese scientists and officials have traced the source of the dust storms to its neighbour Mongolia.
News: Climate modeling for communities, with communities
By Eos – AGU on Dec 18, 2025 11:53 am
End users, such as Indigenous community members developing climate adaptation efforts, make better use of climate models when researchers collaborate with them from the start.
News: Crystal clusters contain clues to magma’s past and future eruptions
By Eos – AGU on Dec 18, 2025 11:47 am
New research is applying the foundations of diffusion chronometry – the study of chemical change in crystals over time – to a new eruption forecasting approach.
News: Regional action needed to protect Uzbekistan from sand and dust storms, warns new UNEP report
By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Dec 18, 2025 10:30 am
Uzbekistan faces urgent threats from sand and dust storms, which drive the highest spikes in air pollution in its southernmost major city, Termez, according to a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report.
News: Category ‘6’ tropical cyclone hot spots are growing
By American Geophysical Union on Dec 17, 2025 12:32 pm
Climate change is making massive hurricanes and typhoons more likely in the western Pacific, North Atlantic and Gulf.
News: Proposing a GenAI chatbot framework for youth disaster risk reduction
By Taylor & Francis on Dec 17, 2025 12:31 pm
Over the past decade, communities across the United States have faced a steady rise in severe weather events. Climate Central reports more than 193 major disasters during this period, resulting in over $1.5 trillion in economic losses and 6,403 deaths.
News: Fire encroaches on one of the Amazon’s most pristine indigenous lands
By Eos – AGU on Dec 17, 2025 12:31 pm
New research shows how recurring wildfires in the buffer zones around Brazil’s Vale do Javari may undermine one of the Amazon’s last great refuges for isolated Indigenous peoples.
News: Study finds FEMA’s new flood insurance pricing is improving risk signals but reducing coverage, especially in lower-income communities
By Environmental Defense Fund on Dec 17, 2025 12:30 pm
As climate change drives more damaging floods across the United States, a new paper provides crucial insights into how federal flood insurance reforms are directly affecting the affordability and security of coverage for families.
News: City dwellers face unequal heat exposure en route to the Metro
By Eos – AGU on Dec 17, 2025 12:29 pm
Socioeconomic factors drive how much extreme heat public transit users in Chicago, NYC, and Washington, D.C., experience as they walk to and from metro stations.
News: A new chapter for disaster preparedness: The State of Pre-Arranged Financing for Disasters 2025
By Centre for Disaster Protection on Dec 17, 2025 12:28 pm
The Centre for Disaster Protection (the Centre) today launches The State of Pre-Arranged Financing for Disasters 2025, revealing that international pre-arranged financing reached an all-time high of USD 9.4 billion in 2024.
News: When clouds flock together
By Knowable Magazine on Dec 17, 2025 12:27 pm
Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and flooding
News: WMO database on national laws and decrees regulating meteorology and hydrology
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Dec 17, 2025 12:13 pm
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is pleased to announce the launch of a new database that compiles national laws and decrees governing meteorology and hydrology across all WMO Members.
News: After Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans architect turned to the Dutch to learn to live with water
By Inside Climate News on Dec 17, 2025 12:07 pm
Before the storm, the city tried to engineer water out of sight. But, David Waggonner says, “you can’t live with water if you can’t see water.”
News: Can a flood-prone coastal city learn to live with water?
By Inside Climate News on Dec 17, 2025 12:03 pm
Instead of billion-dollar floodwalls and surge barriers, Hampton, Virginia, is relying on rain gardens, plant-lined storage basins, restored marshes and 3D-printed concrete reefs seeded with oysters.
News: Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 17, 2025 11:34 am
On a winter day in Northern Canada, the ground is quietly accumulating heat. That hidden warming is destabilising the frozen foundation on which northern communities depend.
News: Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 17, 2025 11:28 am
Discussions about how New Zealand should adapt to a changing climate have been going on for more than two decades.
News: Exploring the collision of extreme weather, information manipulation, and security threats in Florida
By Center for Climate and Security, The (Council on Strategic Risks) on Dec 17, 2025 11:19 am
Information manipulation is increasingly recognized as a contributor to climate risks. 2025 saw landmark academic assessments on the topic, as well as the first action on climate information integrity at a UN climate summit.
News: Study identifies sharp swings in daily temperatures as new climate threat
By Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Dec 17, 2025 11:08 am
A study has revealed that abrupt and substantial day-to-day temperature fluctuations are intensifying in both frequency and severity as a result of climate change, representing a serious, distinct threat to public health.
News: As wildfires mount, so do efforts to use less plastic
By Context on Dec 16, 2025 04:22 pm
Plastic in both the exteriors and interiors of homes burns far hotter than do traditional building materials such as wood or other natural products.
News: The Alps to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade
By ETH Zurich on Dec 16, 2025 04:17 pm
A new study from ETH Zurich researchers offers the first detailed projection of how many glaciers could vanish by 2100 due to global warming – and why regions such as Switzerland will be most affected.
News: Six real-world disaster risks being tackled with virtual reality
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Dec 16, 2025 04:15 pm
Virtual reality (VR) offers immersive and interactive experiences that bring a multitude of scenarios to life – offering rich possibilities for disaster risk reduction.
News: 2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 16, 2025 04:14 pm
The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and several other states and caused widespread destruction.
News: Infographic deep dive: 5 windows into Egypt’s economics of climate adaptation
By United Nations University (UNU) on Dec 16, 2025 04:13 pm
A new approach shows how Egypt can protect people, services and growth through smart climate adaptation.
News: UAE launches AI ecosystem to boost global agricultural resilience
By Open Access Government on Dec 16, 2025 04:13 pm
The United Arab Emirates has launched an AI-powered agricultural ecosystem, partnering with global institutions to help farmers adapt to climate change and food security challenges.
News: Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Dec 16, 2025 04:11 pm
A climate study reveals that under a high-emission scenario, the Northern Hemisphere summer monsoons region will undergo extreme weather events starting in 2064.
News: How innovative insurance products help boards ensure business resilience amidst climate uncertainty
By World Economic Forum (WEF) on Dec 16, 2025 04:09 pm
A new wave of innovative insurance models — from parametric policies to sustainability-linked coverage and resilience bonds — offer boards proactive tools to future-proof assets, stabilize operations and unlock long-term value creation.
News: 100 years of fortitude: Strengthening urban resilience against disasters
By Economist Impact on Dec 16, 2025 04:08 pm
Tokyo envisions a century of safety for people drawn to Japan’s capital from around the world.
DRR Community Voices: From risk to resilience: the new metric housing markets need
By Olivia Nielsen, Ommid Saberi on Dec 16, 2025 03:52 pm
In December 2025, Zillow retired its climate risk score in the United States of America, stating that it seemed inaccurate and was hurting home sales. The decision has ignited debate across both the real estate industry and the DRR community.