Natural disasters are becoming frequent and intensifying worldwide. Cities and systems need to be more disaster and climate-resilient.
Category: Disaster Management and Response
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Indigenous Know-how Needed in Climate Adaptation Planning
For centuries the indigenous people have adapted and coped with environmental challenges and extreme events.
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New Zealand’s Feb 2023 Extreme Flooding and Climate Change
Within a fortnight, a deluge and a cyclone hit New Zealand's biggest city and surrounding areas, causing widespread floods and landslips.
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A Ground-breaking Coastal Climate Adaptation Plan in New Zealand
NZ Thames-Coromandel District Council's Coastal Management Strategy identifies the context and coastal climate adaptation challenges.
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Social Connectedness Can Boost Climate Resilience, Study Reveals
The study revealed that the availability and accessibility of resilience hubs can lessen vulnerability and increase residents' resilience.
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Climate Adaptation Experts Tackles Disaster and Disaster Management in Pakistan
Rizwan Akbar Ali and Dr Sandeeka Mannakkara, discuss Pakistan's worst disaster and future of disaster management in the article they co-wrote.
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UN Plan of Action Progress Report Takeaways
The 2021 UN Plan of Action Progress Report presents the summary of progress concerning the three Commitments of the UN Plan of Action.
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Why Timely and Reliable Data Critical in Disaster Risk Reduction
Timely and reliable data are critical for disaster and climate change risk reduction, response, and recovery decisions and actions.
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Measuring Flood Resilience in Rural Philippines
The report presents the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities process to assist Philippine rural communities' resilience to floods.
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Leveraging NDCs for Climate Change Support
Countries could effectively lobby for more climate change loss and damage aid by detailing scale and nature in the plans submitted to the UN.