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Lisa Cox explains how the fire season in Australia is changing. This podcast gives voice to people living on the frontline of the fires.

Canadian cities ill-prepared to manage climate change. Municipalities must act by working together, embracing resilient thinking, and developing green infrastructure.

UNDRR has launched the public review of the Words into Action guidelines: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and its companion, Design and conduct of simulation exercises.

Nigeria’s climate has been changing, evident in: increases in temperature; variable rainfall; rise in sea level and flooding; drought and desertification; land degradation; more frequent extreme weather events; affected fresh water resources and loss of biodiversity. The durations and intensities of rainfall have increased, producing large...

This rapid review explores the evidence of indirect connections between conflict, vulnerability and climate change in Kenya. The connections between climate change and conflict are complex, dependent, and not fully understood; robust scientific evidence of this relationship remains obscure, with debates ongoing.Evidence suggesting a direct, linear relationship...

Climate and the environment affect us all, as do any changes to them. Therefore, it is important to understand the basics on the causes of these changes, as well as how these changes affect people and the potential impacts, and how people are and can deal with these impacts.This reading list summarises topics of interest for all 13 cadres of DFID related...

The World Humanitarian Summit was a landmark moment that launched a vital agenda for change. Participants made thousands of commitments to deliver the Agenda for Humanity, a five-part plan to alleviate suffering, reduce risk and lessen vulnerability on a global scale. As the implementation of commitments progresses, stakeholders must stay the course...

This study examines the temporal structure of heat waves having widely varying substantial human impact, with many featuring a compound structure of hot days interspersed with cooler breaks. In contrast, many heat wave definitions employed by meteorologists include a continuous threshold-exceedance duration criterion.This paper further examines the...

This paper focuses on the problem of intra-continental earthquakes. Managing earthquake risks presents a challenge for several reasons, not least of which is the involvement of diverse stakeholders from a range of academic disciplines and lay perspectives. A method is required for these actors to integrate their various areas of expertise and design...

This paper focuses on the Mercy Corps Nepal's programs which began in 2007 with focus on natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, economic development, and youth engagement. Under the "Managing Risk through Economic Development" program, Mercy Corps is conducting disaster risk management...