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The climate crisis disrupts the education of 40 million children every year
By Education Cannot Wait on Dec 12, 2022 02:54 pm
A new position paper addresses the climate, environment, and
biodiversity crises in and through gilrs’ education. The position paper
calls for ensuring continuity of education for all in the face of
increasing extreme weather events and emergencies.

 
 

New toolkit helps protect patients and prepare frontline health clinics for climate risks
By Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Dec 12, 2022 02:02 pm
Frontline clinics care for millions of patients in the US, yet they are
often overwhelmed by climate shocks that threaten their ability to
provide care. A new toolkit offers resources on managing extreme heat,
wildfires, hurricanes, and floods.

 
 

UCalgary researchers bring us one step closer to developing early-warning system for catastrophic earthquakes
By University of Calgary on Dec 12, 2022 12:33 pm
A team of researchers, including four from the University of Calgary,
believe they are one step closer to helping predict when The Big One
might next happen.

 
 

Nigeria’s food system challenged by conflicts, climate change and economic headwinds
By The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition on Dec 12, 2022 12:11 pm
Nigeria is a food deficit country with high levels of undernourishment
and food vulnerability . The World Bank has estimated that a decline in
the number of hungry before the global financial crisis in 2008, has
been followed by an increase

 
 

Microbes can help prevent building collapse during earthquakes
By American Geophysical Union on Dec 12, 2022 11:43 am
Bacteria can use nitrogen in soil to steady shaking ground, offering an
eco-friendly alternative to some current soil stabilization techniques.

 
 

Invest today in climate resilience to avoid blackouts and rising costs
By Eurelectric on Dec 12, 2022 11:15 am
A new report documents the amplitude and acceleration of extreme weather
impacts on the power sector. Investment is needed in the entire system –
both in grids and generation assets.

 
 

Wildfires: Burning through state budgets
By The Pew Charitable Trusts on Dec 12, 2022 09:48 am
Wildfires in the United States have become more catastrophic and
expensive in recent years, with the U.S. Department of the Interior and
the U.S. Forest Service nearly doubling their combined spending on
wildfire management in the last decade.

 
 

Profiles of adaptation: Uruguay
By World Resources Institute on Dec 09, 2022 06:47 pm
This profile of Uganda showcases its efforts in domestic and international adaptation.

 
 

Estimating forest desiccation to better predict fire danger
By National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment on Dec 09, 2022 05:31 pm
This study describes a model to predict canopy water content during
drought and heat waves, which could enable the development of fire
danger forecasting models that include the role of vegetation in their
calculations.

 
 

Hazard planners aren’t planning for heat hazards
By Natural Resources Defense Council on Dec 09, 2022 04:55 pm
Extreme heat doesn’t get the attention it deserves from state programs
charged with reducing risks from natural hazards, according to a new
NRDC analysis.

 
 

Working in extreme heat puts strain on foetus
By London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on Dec 09, 2022 04:30 pm
Evidence of heat impacts on unborn babies suggests we need new interventions to help pregnant farmers adapt.

 
 

Lessons from Cianjur: earthquake-prone Indonesia does not have seismic mitigation plan
By Conversation Media Group, the on Dec 09, 2022 10:37 am
In Indonesia, disaster management is often reduced to distribution of
emergency relief and patchy recovery. What is missing is a seismic
mitigation master plan that barely exists in quake-prone Indonesia.

 
 

Coupled computer modeling can help more accurately predict coastal flooding, study demonstrates
By Louisiana State University on Dec 09, 2022 09:00 am
This study examines how a unique coupled computer modeling approach can
accurately recreate the coastal flooding that occurred during Hurricane
Florence, demonstrating that it is more accurate than traditional
modeling approaches.

 
 

MapAction’s partnership with Asian disaster reduction & response network ADRRN is part of ‘global localisation’ strategy
By MapAction on Dec 08, 2022 04:35 pm
MapAction’s, in partnership with ADRRN, will lead a session to support
how people use geospatial data in emergencies as part of Regional
Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok on 14 December.

 
 

Precipitation anomalies induced by climate change widen inequality by harming the poorest
By VOX EU on Dec 08, 2022 04:32 pm
This study discusses how precipitation anomalies brought about by
climate change particularly hurt the poorest, especially in countries
that heavily rely on the agricultural sector.

 
 

NORCAP boosts female climate experts in Africa to better meet communities’ needs
By Norwegian Refugee Council on Dec 08, 2022 04:28 pm
NORCAP is rolling out an initiative to increase the number of female
climate services experts in Africa and better meet the needs of
communities hurt by climate change.

 
 

Americans are flocking to wildfire: U.S. migration study
By University of Vermont on Dec 08, 2022 04:18 pm
People are trading hurricane zones for wildfire areas, says national study of migration, natural disasters, and climate change

 
 

Zurich launches dedicated Climate Change Resilience Services to help businesses tackle climate change risks
By Zurich Insurance Group Limited on Dec 08, 2022 04:06 pm
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) today announced the launch of its
Climate Change Resilience Services to help businesses better prepare for
current and future risks associated with climate change.

 
 

For 400 years, Indigenous tribes buffered climate’s impact on wildfires in the American Southwest
By Southern Methodist University on Dec 08, 2022 04:04 pm
A new study led by SMU suggests bringing “good fire” back to the U.S.
and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once did, could
potentially blunt the role of climate in triggering today’s wildfires.

 
 

How is Vietnam’s Mekong Delta adapting to a changing climate?
By World Bank, the on Dec 07, 2022 04:42 pm
A World Bank-financed project has significantly strengthened farmers’
ability to cope with climate-related uncertainty. Embankments help a
large farming area withstand the floods while capturing the rich
floodwater to nourish the crop.

 
 

Linking African winds to Atlantic storms
By Eos – AGU on Dec 07, 2022 04:04 pm
Simulations suggest that waves in the atmosphere above northern Africa
influence the intensity, timing, and location of formation of Atlantic
tropical cyclones.

 
 

Communities, contingency plans, and nature-based approaches: The Gambia’s path to resilience
By Fatoumatta L Sisay on Dec 07, 2022 03:37 pm
The Gambia is building resilience, to reduce the impacts of hazards, so
that they needn’t result in disaster. The country’s National Disaster
Management Agency recently joined MCR2030 as a way to make The Gambia
more resilient to hazards.

 
 

IIT Mandi develops method to assess earthquake-prone structures in Himalaya
By Times of India, the on Dec 06, 2022 05:03 pm
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have
developed a method to assess the ability of buildings in the Himalyan
region to withstand earthquakes.

 
 

Powerful Miami Affordability Project tool now updated with data, visuals showing the impacts of extreme heat
By EurekAlert on Dec 06, 2022 05:01 pm
Among the tools included as part of CAMP is the newest iteration of
CCE’s Miami Affordability Project (MAP), which offers users a powerful,
data-driven mapping tool to identify areas of need for affordable
housing and environmental justice investment.

 
 

Vast majority of Kochi city’s population lives in demarcated flood risk zones, finds study
By Hindu Business Line, the – The Hindu Group of Publications on Dec 06, 2022 04:50 pm
Around 73% of Kochi city’s population lives in demarcated flood risk
zones and 55% of the overall population lives outside a
five-minute-response time from fire stations.

 
 

In Indonesia, a deadly inland earthquake exposes urgent preparedness gaps
By The New Humanitarian on Dec 06, 2022 04:49 pm
As emergency teams respond to the 21 November earthquake that struck
Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing more than 320 people and
injuring thousands, survivors are asking why there was so little
preparedness and awareness-raising beforehand.

 
 

Enhancing earthquake detection from orbit
By Eos – AGU on Dec 06, 2022 04:38 pm
A new application of machine learning boosts scientists’ ability to use
data from satellite navigation systems to detect and warn of
earthquakes.

 
 

The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why
By University of Chicago on Dec 06, 2022 04:08 pm
UChicago research offers first concrete explanation for difference, and show it is getting even stormier over time

 
 

Study shows the majority of California’s coastal airports are vulnerable to increased flooding caused by climate change
By Society for Risk Analysis on Dec 06, 2022 04:07 pm
Projected flooding from storm surges, erosion, and sea-level rise may
disrupt vital operations of the state’s largest airports in the coming
decades

 
 

Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought
By Guardian, the (UK) on Dec 06, 2022 04:00 pm
A new wheat variety has been bred by crossing commercial and wild wheats
in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate
crisis.

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