Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- This report explains the impact of drought on agriculture in Syria and northern Iraq in 2021. Drought conditions are affecting eastern Syria and northern Iraq since early 2021, especially in the governorates of Al-Hasakah (Syria) and Ninewa (Iraq), after poor winter precipitation. The coping capacity of the population is very limited, due to the conflicts...
- This policy brief provides recommendations for addressing water conflicts through collaborative watershed management, highlighting the need for a multi-stakeholder approach in which the role of local experts is prioritised. It draws upon the case of Kaski District in Nepal, which illustrates the importance of synergy between leaders to understand problems,...
- This publication explores how the communities in East Gippsland and Wellington Shires, Australia experienced their strength and capabilities following a bushfire event that burned for 106 days before being contained, followed by a global pandemic that led to a statewide lockdown. The intersection of these two events is unprecedented and there...
- University of Florida has developed a solar powered system that uses artificial intelligence to decrease the cost of electrical devices running through a power outage.
- Disaster risk management of threats and hazards is one of the critical responsibilities and function of all governments.
- Australians must urgently find ways to reduce the economic and social impact of mice.
- Community groups improved local governance and disaster preparedness and assisted with health services for new migrants to better track COVID-19 cases in the community.
- When tropical cyclone Winston hit Fiji in 2016, it destroyed and damaged 30,000 houses in the country.
- Several countries highlighted the need for building resilience, to be ready to face the impacts of future shocks, climate change and the impact of pandemics.
- New calculations show the rise due to warming would be 30% above forecasts.