Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Every day seems to bring a new headline about a devastating climate event. African countries aren’t spared. A “rain bomb” in South Africa. Flooding in Nigeria. Cyclones battering Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. Drought in Kenya.
- The Emerald Isle has far fewer earthquakes than neighboring Britain. Now scientists think they know why.
- The Emerald Isle has far fewer earthquakes than neighboring Britain. Now scientists think they know why.
- The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) steering committee met on 20-21 June 2023 in Copenhagen. The adopted decisions respond to the ambition of the UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All Initiative.
- The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) steering committee met on 20-21 June 2023 in Copenhagen. The adopted decisions respond to the ambition of the UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All Initiative.
- Families affected by Australia’s catastrophic Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 found that preparing to evacuate was especially complex and physically difficult. Parents were under-prepared, and many did not have an evacuation plan.
- Families affected by Australia’s catastrophic Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 found that preparing to evacuate was especially complex and physically difficult. Parents were under-prepared, and many did not have an evacuation plan.
- This study examines the distribution of vulnerability and resilience to drought and salt intrusion impacts among rice farmers in the rural Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
- This study examines the distribution of vulnerability and resilience to drought and salt intrusion impacts among rice farmers in the rural Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
- This publication aims to advance conceptual and operational discussions of the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation in the context of the independent Global Stocktake.