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According to research conducted by WHO/Europe and reports from the field, the European Region now risks accelerated spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Of the 20 areas with the highest risk of fire, more than half have growing populations; Six are in top 15% of fastest growing counties, according to ClimateCheck.

This study constructed a 1 km × 1 km rainstorm and flood disaster zoning map for Xinjiang, China. To do so, storm flood disaster (SFD) data of Xinjiang from 1984 to 2017 at the township level, as well as information on basic natural and social risk are collected collated. With the help of the compiled inventory data,...

This study therefore tests an innovative approach of volunteer citizen science and an open mapping platform to build resilience to natural hazards in the remote mountainous parts of western Nepal. In this study, citizen scientists and mapping experts jointly mapped two districts of Nepal (Bajhang and Bajura) using the OpenStreetMap (OSM) platform.The...

The analysis presented in World Disasters Report 2020 shows that none of the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change (according to ND-GAIN) and to climate- and weather-related disasters (according to INFORM) were among the 20 highest per person recipients of climate change adaptation funding. Somalia, the most vulnerable, ranks only 71st for...

Using an ecosyndemic lens, which draws on a multi-disease hazard context of place, this commentary highlights the importance of El Niño as a major factor that not only may aggravate COVID-19 incidence in the future, but also the broader health problem of ecosyndemic vulnerability in Latin America.Latin America has emerged as an epicenter...

The report show how holistic approaches can counter the health and wellbeing problems associated with urban dryness in water sensitive cities. Over the past decade, city planners, water authorities, practitioners, and researchers in Australia have collaborated to envision “water sensitive cities” and their principles...

The health of people living in cities is affected by urban design elements including density, distribution of land use, building design, transport infrastructure, green spaces, opportunities for social interaction, and accessibility to work, education, healthy food, and culture.Several of these elements pose particular challenges when designing healthy...

This swiss magazine is dedicated to a specific topic: scientific research on extreme events and environments. Its structure is divided in different articles related to extreme events. Thinking the unthinkable (p.4): extreme events are rare, but have potentially serious consequences for humans. But what exactly does 'extreme'...

The report is a synthesis of the science informing our understanding of climate in Australia and includes new information about Australia’s climate of the past, present and future. The science informs a range of economic, environmental and social decision-making by governments, industries and communities.This sixth biennial State of the Climate...