In the 10/10/2023 edition:
By Eurac Research on Oct 09, 2023 04:57 pm
The new Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for development programmes in agri-food systems (CRISP) will be launched at the Adaptation Futures Conference.
Before disaster strikes: Preparing for complex emergencies with anticipatory action
By International Water Management Institute on Oct 09, 2023 04:41 pm
Enhancing disaster preparedness and building resilience in fragile settings will require fostering a deeper understanding of the complexities involved.
Early warning early action is the hot topic – but are we doing enough to reduce long-term risk?
By Anticipation Hub on Oct 09, 2023 03:44 pm
Early warning early action (EWEA0 alone cannot break disaster cycles and any potential longer-term developmental gains will be limited if that is the sole focus of EWEA initiatives.
Why disaster resilient infrastructure education needs to be embedded in higher education curriculum
By Hindu Business Line, the – The Hindu Group of Publications on Oct 09, 2023 03:39 pm
Enhancing existing academic and training curricula, with respect to the evolving context of disaster and climate risks, will be a vital building block for securing infrastructure against disasters.
GCA places informal settlement communities in Monrovia at the heart of adaptation solutions
By Global Center on Adaptation on Oct 09, 2023 03:38 pm
GCA is working with grassroots organizations YMCA Liberia, Federation of Liberia Urban Poor Savers, and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) to empower informal settlement communities in Monrovia, Liberia to become agents of change in urban resilience.
6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 09, 2023 03:35 pm
The world is very warm right now. We’re not only seeing record temperatures, but the records are being broken by record-wide margins. Take the preliminary September global-average temperature anomaly of 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels.
New research shows why older adults are both vulnerable and resilient to climate disasters
By University of Alabama on Oct 09, 2023 03:13 pm
Older adults are more vulnerable to disasters because of unique factors like health conditions. However, their potential to cope with negative outcomes and withstand financial losses builds resilience according to new research.
Researchers explore future climate in Africa, using clues from the past
By University of Connecticut on Oct 09, 2023 02:43 pm
Researchers used chemicals from preserved plant matter to pinpoint the processes responsible for changes in past rainfall and drought in southwestern Africa, with implications for the future.
Strategy and planning to redouble climate adaptation in Africa
By Colorado School of Mines (CSM) on Oct 09, 2023 10:49 am
This viewpoint examines the depth of strategic adaptation plans in Africa, and the degree to which certain documents demonstrate a supportive environment (including policies, institutions, and programs) to implement critical adaptation programs at scale.
Call to contribute to innovation in the world of simulation and water management
By Deltares on Oct 06, 2023 04:44 pm
Do you also want to contribute to innovation in the world of simulation and water management, and to discover how to enrich and share your expertise with like-minded professionals?
Capacity strengthening engages community in DRR
By Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction on Oct 06, 2023 04:36 pm
Matazno, Jocotán in Guatemala has been hit by many disasters because risks and threats are not fully understood. To build the capacities of community representatives, Food for the Hungry, a GNDR member, conducted training on identifying risks and threats.
Understanding the dynamics of snow cover in forests can help us predict flood risks
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 06, 2023 04:31 pm
For more than six months a year, Quebec’s boreal forest is covered in a thick blanket of snow. While this is essential for the balance of our ecosystems, for the people living downstream from forested watersheds the snow has become a major flood risk.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 06, 2023 04:28 pm
Climate disasters and sea-level rise harm local governments financially by increasing costs and undercutting their property tax bases. Local reliance on property taxes can discourage cities from steering development out of flood zones.
Wildfire smoke: nationwide health risk
By Climate Central on Oct 06, 2023 04:21 pm
This year’s wildfire season has broken records. Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada. Wildfire smoke can harm the health of humans thousands of miles away from where fires burn.
Climate change damage to infrastructure poses ‘huge’ financial risks
By Context on Oct 06, 2023 04:18 pm
Planning for more resilient transport and power networks could avert billions of dollars in losses each year from extreme weather.
By Climate Policy Initiative on Oct 06, 2023 04:13 pm
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) endorsed six innovative financial instruments to unlock USD 795 million for climate action in challenging sectors such as climate resilience, conservation, and housing.
By Monash University on Oct 06, 2023 04:11 pm
Civil engineers at Monash University developed a software called GeoXPM that can predict where a disaster, like landslides, could potentially occur, their impacts on geo-structures, and suggest design changes that could avert loss of life.
Flash floods hit New York as climate change swamps local water systems
By The Energy Mix on Oct 06, 2023 02:55 pm
The epic flash flooding that hit New York City and Long Island last week, reaching a level that was technically considered “mild”, was a moment where a changing climate collided with a simple but stubborn problem with local infrastructure.
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 06, 2023 02:47 pm
New research looks at the link between drought and suicide rates in one of Australia’s biggest farming areas, the Murray-Darling Basin.
Climate intervention technologies may create winners and losers in world food supply
By PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd on Oct 06, 2023 02:34 pm
A technology being studied to curb climate change—one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now—would affect food productivity in parts of Earth in dramatically different ways.
Flood-ravaged Afghanistan braces for climate impacts
By The Third Pole on Oct 06, 2023 02:11 pm
With Taliban rule causing a loss of foreign aid and an exodus of water resources experts, Afghans face the increasingly devastating impacts of flooding alone.
Scalable solutions in pandemic and epidemic risk finance
By Centre for Disaster Protection on Oct 06, 2023 01:59 pm
This blog post highlights the need for pre-arranged financing, fit-for purpose instruments and the right incentives to facilitate timely and effective outbreak response – if the world is to be ready for the next pandemic.
The Voice could advise on how to address disasters like bushfires
By Conversation Media Group, the on Oct 06, 2023 01:40 pm
The Voice to Parliament has the potential to be an effective way to adapt to this riskier future. It will enable Aboriginal communities to better undertake the urgent tasks of planning and disaster preparation.
By Stockholm Environment Institute on Oct 06, 2023 01:28 pm
Climate change is leading to patterns of disease outbreaks in new and unexpected ways in urban areas. This piece looks at how nature-based solutions can help address some of the challenges for urban health.
AI-driven earthquake forecasting shows promise in trials
By The University of Texas at Austin on Oct 06, 2023 01:22 pm
A new attempt to predict earthquakes with the aid of artificial intelligence has raised hopes that the technology could one day be used to limit earthquakes’ impact on lives and economies.
Weather-related disasters led to 43.1 million displacements of children over six years – UNICEF
By United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Oct 06, 2023 12:58 pm
River floods alone projected to displace almost 96 million children over next 30 years, new analysis shows.
Wave movements in North Sea more predictable through machine learning
By Deltares on Oct 06, 2023 12:42 pm
Experts from Coastal Structures & Waves at Deltares have discovered that you can better predict wave movements by linking process-based models to machine learning models.
Can AI help build climate resilience in the Caribbean? Let’s look at housing
By World Bank, the on Oct 05, 2023 03:52 pm
The World Bank has been exploring the use of artificial intelligence for disaster risk management. New research shows that by integrating machine learning with strategic aerial imagery and local insights, nations stand to acquire pivotal housing data.
National Geographic Society and Utrecht University launch World Water Map
By National Geographic Society on Oct 05, 2023 03:52 pm
The National Geographic Society launched the World Water Map as part of its five-year World Freshwater Initiative to help understand developing freshwater shortages around the world. The tool has identified 22 water availability hotspots across the globe.
Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate
By International Institute for Environment and Development on Oct 05, 2023 03:36 pm
Frequency and intensity of climate impacts on the rise since 2010.
Simultaneous large wildfires will increase in Western U.S.
By University Corporation for Atmospheric Research on Oct 05, 2023 03:01 pm
Simultaneous outbreaks of large wildfires will become more frequent in the Western United States this century as the climate warms, putting major strains on efforts to fight fires, new research shows.
Flood threats are rising. Here’s where people are moving into harm’s way.
By New York Times, the on Oct 05, 2023 02:41 pm
Worldwide, humans now occupy more than twice as much land in flood-prone areas as they did four decades ago, according to a new study in the journal Nature.
By Global Center on Adaptation on Oct 05, 2023 02:26 pm
Forty journalists and twenty young communicators were trained in communicating locally led efforts to adapt to climate change during two regional training workshops that took place in September 2023 in Barisal, Bangladesh.
Study identifies jet-stream pattern that locks in extreme winter cold, wet spells
By Columbia Climate School on Oct 05, 2023 12:38 pm
Big waves have doubled since 1950s, possibly due to shifting climate.
Tracking urban flood exposure: Global trends since 1985
By World Bank, the on Oct 05, 2023 12:17 pm
A study provides systematic evidence that communities around the world – from rural villages to large cities – have been continuously and rapidly expanding into flood zones.
The myth of normal river flow: Drought, floods, and management of California’s rivers
By California WaterBlog on Oct 04, 2023 03:52 pm
Is California still experiencing drought? Even after a winter of record rainfall and snowpack, followed by a tropical storm, this is still an important question.
Ian revisited: Disentangling the drivers of US hurricane losses
By Swiss Reinsurance Company on Oct 04, 2023 03:33 pm
Insured losses from a storm like Hurricane Ian, had it struck Florida a half-century ago, would have been far lower than they were in the current environment.
Controlled burns help prevent wildfires. Climate change is limiting their use
By University of California, Los Angeles on Oct 04, 2023 03:26 pm
Warming means fewer overall days when prescribed fires can be safely lit, UCLA-led study shows.
Devastating floods leave Detroiters with toxic mold
By Climate Central on Oct 04, 2023 03:23 pm
The floods of years past will likely be dwarfed by the deluges of the future, powered by a warmer atmosphere that’s able to hold more moisture, climate scientists say.
How floods kill, long after the water has gone – global decade-long study
By EurekAlert on Oct 04, 2023 02:59 pm
People impacted by floods at significantly increased risk of dying between three and six weeks after the event, study reveals.
By Daniele Berruti on Oct 04, 2023 09:51 am
To better understand the implementation of a micro-scale urban heat island risk assessment, researchers conducted a study using Turin as a subject – the first time that such an in-depth methodology is applied in any Italian city.
Building resilient cities with the resilience of informal workers
By International Institute for Environment and Development on Oct 03, 2023 04:49 pm
Given the magnitude of the climate emergency, international organisations, and national and local governments need to know how workers in informal employment are affected by extreme weather events so that they can create policies to support these workers.
Climate and human land use both play roles in Pacific island wildfires past and present
By Southern Methodist University on Oct 03, 2023 04:06 pm
Research from SMU fire anthropologist shows Fiji grassland fires predate human settlement by thousands of years. Study calls for greater consideration of climate as a factor contributing to fires.
NEMA raises the bar on disaster preparedness and mitigation
By National Emergency Management Agency (Nigeria) on Oct 03, 2023 03:54 pm
A concerted effort by NEMA aims at bolstering inter-agency collaboration and enhancing the capacity of grassroots-level human resources. These endeavors will equip personnel and stakeholders with skills and knowledge for effective disaster management.
What is peat subsidence and how can countries prevent this environmental disaster?
By World Resources Institute on Oct 03, 2023 03:50 pm
“Peat subsidence” is the downward movement of the Earth’s surface due to the removal of subsurface earth materials. Peat subsidence triggers environmental problems and increases carbon dioxide emissions. Finding ways to save peatlands is crucial.
Sustainable protection of rapidly subsiding coastlines with mangroves
By Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research on Oct 03, 2023 02:50 pm
A Dutch-Indonesian team of scientists jointly investigated the potential and limitation of mangrove restoration as a cost-effective and sustainable solution for coastal protection in rapidly subsiding areas.
Risk Data Library Standard: making it easier to work with disaster and climate risk data
By World Bank, the on Oct 03, 2023 02:33 pm
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) releases the Risk Data Library Standard (RDLS), an open data standard to make it easier to publish, access, share, and use quality disaster and climate risk data.
FAU engineering study employs deep learning to explain extreme events
By Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on Oct 03, 2023 02:03 pm
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University ’s College of Engineering and Computer Science leveraged a computer-vision deep learning technique and adapted it for nonlinear analysis of extreme events in wall-bounded turbulent flows.
A glass of wine with your climate crisis?
By Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Oct 03, 2023 01:44 pm
Wildfire smoke is just one of the hazards that traditional winemaking regions are more likely to experience due to climate change.
SoCal cities desperately need more shade. Is it time to finally ditch palm trees?
By Los Angeles Times on Oct 03, 2023 01:38 pm
Trees provide myriad benefits. They capture stormwater runoff, replenish groundwater and slow the deterioration of streets. They clean the air and improve mental health.
South Korea accelerates vaccine production to shore up defences against future pandemics
By Telegraph Media Group Limited on Oct 03, 2023 01:29 pm
Government develops robust vaccination infrastructure that will allow the country to ‘respond more quickly’ in designing and producing shots.
The military is turning to microgrids to fight global threats — and global warming
By NPR on Oct 03, 2023 01:21 pm
The Pentagon’s stated goal is that all bases be “power resilient.” The best path to resilience in case of a disaster is often a local renewable source, and that pairs well with another Pentagon goal — for bases to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Why New York City was caught off guard by flash flooding
By The Week on Oct 03, 2023 01:15 pm
New York City’s infrastructure was built for weather patterns of the past, and those designs did not account for the recent extreme rainfall and flash flooding caused by Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, or, more recently, Hurricane Ida.
By Texas A&M University System on Oct 03, 2023 12:48 pm
The new tool shows the 10 U.S. counties most vulnerable to threats from climate change are in Louisiana, Kentucky, South Carolina and Texas.
Quantifying resilience and risk and incorporating hazard models into transport asset management
By Climate Adaptation Platform on Oct 03, 2023 12:41 pm
The increasing frequency and severity of extreme natural events and disasters and their cascading impacts on critical infrastructure highlight the importance of integrating risk and resilience into transport asset management.
Landslides triggered by the 5 September 2022 Ms=6.8 Luding Earthquake in China
By Eos – AGU on Oct 03, 2023 12:33 pm
A recent disaster in China and a related study, demonstrate that landslides act as an impact multiplier, increasing the severity of the event by preventing rescues and hindering recovery.
Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest
By University of Arizona on Oct 03, 2023 12:27 pm
The findings from new research, led by University of Arizona dendrochronologist Bryan Black, could have implications for seismic preparedness measures in the region.
Scientists investigate Grand Canyon’s ancient past to predict future climate impacts
By University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Oct 03, 2023 12:16 pm
UNLV-led team explores relationship between warming post-Ice Age temperatures and intensifying summer monsoon rains on groundwater reserves.