Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Health professionals are calling for a ban on fracking in Pennsylvania after three “bombshell” studies—linked exposure to the oil and gas extraction process to childhood lymphoma, asthma, and low birth weight.
- This study has elaborated on the relations between the two forest management objectives of forest health and flood risk reduction. Here, the researchers provided a theoretical background on related concepts and presented a definition for forest health.
- This study has elaborated on the relations between the two forest management objectives of forest health and flood risk reduction. Here, the researchers provided a theoretical background on related concepts and presented a definition for forest health.
- Enrica De Cian, Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and research scientist at CMCC, explains in an interview for the French newspaper Le Monde how access to air conditioning is an indicator of energy inequalities.
- Enrica De Cian, Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and research scientist at CMCC, explains in an interview for the French newspaper Le Monde how access to air conditioning is an indicator of energy inequalities.
- This is a general advisory that contains recommended steps for preparing wind and solar projects for cyclones and high-wind extreme events.
- This is a general advisory that contains recommended steps for preparing wind and solar projects for cyclones and high-wind extreme events.
- Temporary migrant workers in the Global North are already highly vulnerable to abuse in the workplace and hazardous working conditions. That vulnerability is often drastically increased in times of crisis.
- Temporary migrant workers in the Global North are already highly vulnerable to abuse in the workplace and hazardous working conditions. That vulnerability is often drastically increased in times of crisis.
- Flood protection based on historical records is flawed – we need a risk model fit for climate changeMany areas that flooded during recent extreme weather events, from Auckland to Henan in China, were deemed to be relatively safe. This should raise an obvious question: to what extent is our existing approach fit for purpose in a changing climate?