Climate change causes extreme weather events that may compromise wastewater treatment facilities, distributing and redistributing toxic substances.
Category: Disaster Management and Response
A Study on the Technical Dimension of the Water Supply’s Resilience to Disaster
The study by Dr. Behrooz Balaei and colleagues have investigated the technical characteristics of water supply that affect its resilience against disasters.
Climate Information and Services are Helping Vulnerable Countries Adapt to Climate Change
The UNDP climate change information website helps users to make informed decisions and adapt to climate change, build resilience against climate extremes.
Hedging as a Climate Adaptation Option for Water Shortage in India’s Pong Reservoir
The study has developed optimised static and dynamic zone-based hedging rules to manage irrigation water supply during water shortage due to climate change.
Doing Quantitative Assessment of Infrastructure System Resilience
Quantitative assessment of resilience in infrastructure will help implement climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for resilient infrastructure.
NIWA Reports on NZ’s River Flooding Exposure
NIWA's "New Zealand Fluvial and Pluvial Flood Exposure" provides a flooding profile and study of NZ's flood hazard and climate change.
NZ Coastal Flooding Exposure and Sea Level Rise Examined
NIWA's report provides comprehensive data on the exposure of New Zealand to coastal flooding from extreme and various increments of sea-level rise.
Helping New Zealand Adapt and Manage Risks in a Changing Climate
The Deep South Challenge project was created to aid in coping with increasing flood risk due to climate change. Find links to news, researches and projects.
Fiji to Receive Fund from NZ for their Climate Change Programs
Fiji is a developing Pacific Island state dependent on the land and ocean for living and economy, needs funds for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Urban Resilience for Climate Adaptation
This article is connected to our previous post on the Asia-Pacific Resilience Prospectus, from the 100 Resilient Cities project by the Rockefeller Foundation. The project aims to support cities in the Asia Pacific to achieve urban resilience. Urban resilience refers to how cities answer the challenges they are facing like climate change, rapid population growth,...