Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- The 2019/20 fire season is well underway with multiple large bushfires occurring since the release of the previous Outlook in August. Queensland and New South Wales in particular have experienced severe fires, but all states have had challenging fire conditions. Catastrophic fire danger ratings have been issued in NSW, Western Australia, South...
- The identification of flood-prone areas is a fundamental component of rational urban planning and proper natural disaster management policy. The aim of the present study is to introduce a framework for the identification of flood-prone areas using geographical information systems techniques and decision-making, based on a comparative evaluation for...
- With the acceleration of urbanization in China, urban flood disasters have gradually become a prominent type of urban disease, seriously affected the normal production and life of urban residents, and brought great challenges to urban flood control and disaster reduction work. Based on the current situation of urban flood control in Pinghu City and...
- The island nation is under considerable risk due to climate change. Plans are underway to mitigate against that risk.
- New study by the ABARES quantifies the impacts of recent climate variability on the profits of Australian broadacre farms.
- City managers are not doing enough to force compliance of building codes on new structures.
- Global heating could reduce mountain glacier snow and ice by up to 80% by 2100, threatening major drinking water supplies.
- By David Owino*
ACCRA, 17 December, 2019 - Young Gambian TV reporter and presenter, Jainaba Sonku, is one of a growing number of African journalists engaging in the struggle to reduce disaster risk and disaster losses across the continent.
She vowed to use her influential show Youth Dialogue on the country’s private channel QTV, “to bring the young people of…
- New partnership for the Philippines will prioritize investments in human capital, competitiveness and job creation, peace-building, climate and disaster resilience.
- Bush fires are a public health emergency and the Australian government must take concrete steps.