Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- In collaboration with Te Tira Whakamātaki, Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge is excited to present, ‘He kai kei aku ringa – Disaster preparedness’.
- This event aims to discuss, among others, the applicability of existing instruments to provide for international protection for those in need
- This event aims to discuss, among others, the applicability of existing instruments to provide for international protection for those in need
- Brace yourselves for a series of climate events of unprecedented magnitude. According to experts, a strong El Nino event is going to wreak havoc on global surface temperature and trigger several climate crises in 2023-2024.
- Brace yourselves for a series of climate events of unprecedented magnitude. According to experts, a strong El Nino event is going to wreak havoc on global surface temperature and trigger several climate crises in 2023-2024.
- Warming air temperatures are causing glaciers to melt and thin, lowering the walls and therefore accommodating less water. This reduces the total volume of water capacity available and increases the chances of a potential glacial lake outburst flood.
- Warming air temperatures are causing glaciers to melt and thin, lowering the walls and therefore accommodating less water. This reduces the total volume of water capacity available and increases the chances of a potential glacial lake outburst flood.
- If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will be exposed to heat and humidity so extreme they will be unable to naturally cool themselves.
- If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will be exposed to heat and humidity so extreme they will be unable to naturally cool themselves.
- The 2024 ICSD conference will once again provide a forum for the sharing of ideas, presentation of research findings, and discussion of professional issues relevant to Sustainability Science.