Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Managing water resources is a critical challenge in the mountain and hill regions of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Not only is demand increasing – for domestic use, irrigation, industry, and energy – the effects of climate change are now being seen in river basins in the form of changes in the hydrological regime and less...
- The Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) make up one of the most dynamic and complex mountain systems in the world. The region is known to be extremely fragile and prone to natural hazards, which are exacerbated by climate change. It is believed that climate change and other drivers of change have been gradually increasing the frequency and magnitude of extreme...
- If greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow, India is projected to see a rapid increase in extremely hot days, leading to a spike in mortality risk.
- To prevent fires, PG&E shut down power when the Kincaid fire began. This has caused many to question how the company will adapt its infrastructure, and who will pay.
- This article explores the complexity of the link between drought and climate change, a much-discussed topic in relation to Australia's current drought.
- California can re-frame how to approach disasters through strong partnerships with the private sector, integrating economic development with climate change.
- After a series of quakes struck Mindanao, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology urges the public to be ready and prepared for such calamities.
- Flooding in South Sudan has affected close to a million people, threatening to reverse humanitarian gains made during a year-long ceasefire in the country's civil war.
- The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office conducts inspections on public and private infrastructures to ensure their structural integrity following quakes.
- The Report examines the mutually supportive roles of the new agenda and current youth development efforts. The report provides insight into the role of young people in sustainable development in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and related frameworks, in particular, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the...