Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- In this article we draw on three cases to analyse the relationship between geographical and social forms of remoteness and the concepts of vulnerability and capacity. Recognising that capacities and vulnerabilities tend to co-exist in a population, the article assumes that the dynamics between these concepts are situational. An Arctic...
- In this study, a high-resolution quantitative approach is developed to determine the effect of policy change on flood losses at the community-level by integrating building information models with the community topology. Communities are changing the way they manage flood risk as a result of climate change which increases both the flood hazard...
- This report discusses the impacts of climate change on financial stability hinge on both the distribution of financial exposures and the evolution of prospective financial system losses.A granular mapping of financial exposures to climate change drivers suggests uneven vulnerability across EU regions, sectors and financial institutions. Exposures...
- Affected country: Gambia Glide: WV-2021-000080-GMB
Starting on 2nd July 2021, The Gambia has been experiencing a windstorm surge which has, as of 12 July, affected over 16,849 people in more than 100 communities across all seven regions of the country. The situation, which is still unfolding, has caused internal…
- The remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England will end on July 19, the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced.
- While outbreaks in schools are increasing, the vast majority of transmission still occurs in households.
- During the last days of June 2021, Pacific northwest areas of the U.S. and Canada experienced temperatures never observed, with records broken in many places.
- WMO has issued its annual Airborne Dust Bulletin on the incidence and hazards of sand and dust storms in 2020.
- We used to have a resilient and reliable grid but that is changing. America's aging electrical infrastructure is vulnerable to outages and weather-related events.
- Understanding how humans influence extreme precipitation is important for preparing cities and protective infrastructure for the changing world ahead.