Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Southeast Asia is home to an estimated 36 million people living below the international poverty line, about 5% of the global total. If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this region are to succeed, undertaking disaster risk-informed developments is not a choice, but a necessity. Natural hazards impact large areas throughout...
- This study examines how large-scale environmental shocks, specifically floods, alter the gender division of labor in traditional rural societies using individual-level time allocation data from the Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey 2012, 2013, and 2014. The promotion of shared responsibility for unpaid domestic and care work between the sexes is...
- This paper aims to lay the foundations for a more realistic representation of human factors in evacuation models, which is needed to ensure the adequacy of the infrastructure, decision processes and safety of evacuation. Emergency evacuation is the process of removing people from an area of imminent or actual threat to individual safety and life to...
- Research shows logging had little if any effect but the extent and severity were more likely due to unprecedented drought and sustained hot, windy weather.
- For every dollar spent on land restoration – including through low-skilled and labour-intensive projects – at least 9 dollars of economic benefits can be expected.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated impacts of extreme weather and climate change in vulnerable countries, highlight the CREWS annual report.
- Around 1.14 million people in the south of Madagascar are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, of which nearly 14,000 people are in ‘Catastrophe.'
- New report reveals the huge progress in disclosure and action over the last decade to secure a resilient, green recovery from COVID-19, and a climate-safe future.
- Researchers have developed a global earthquake monitoring system that uses the Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) to measure crustal deformation.
- This review discusses how dDisasters triggered by climate and other natural hazards are increasing in frequency, severity and duration worldwide. Disasters disproportionately impact women and girls, with some evidence suggesting that violence against women and girls (VAWG) increases in disaster settings. Suggested risk factors for postdisaster VAWG...