Using Drones to Map and Model Flood Risks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The first in our series of cases studies in the use of drones in flood mapping and flood disaster risk reduction and recovery looks at how drones were used to…
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Flood risk, warning and protection
Rainfall Changes Threaten Food Production
A new UN report says climate change’s impacts on rainfall will have harsh economic consequences for regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean, reports Jan Rocha for Climate News…
NASA Reveals How Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark Against Warming Summers
Arctic sea ice, the vast sheath of frozen seawater floating on the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas, has been hit with a double whammy over the past decades: as…
Dakar Suburbs Strive to Turn Floodwaters From Foe to Friend
Improving drainage, storing the water, then harnessing the community to keep things working is reducing flood risks in Senegal, reports Megan Rowling. YEUMBEUL NORD, Senegal, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
Population Boom Adds to City Threats
A new Atlas of the Human Planet shows how the world’s rising urban population is adding to the impacts caused by climate change, reports Tim Radford for Climate News Network.…
Using Drones For Flood Disaster Risk Reduction, Assessment and Recovery
The presence of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s), or ‘drones’ as they are commonly known, has grown exponentially in a wide variety of fields over the last few years, including in…
Pakistan’s Plan to Cut Disaster Risk Aims at a New Target: Schools
Effort to cut child deaths includes new construction standards for schools, evacuation drills and putting climate risks into the curriculum, by Saleem Shaikh. SAJAWAL, Pakistan, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
Receding Glaciers in Bolivia Leave Communities at Risk
A new study published in The Cryosphere, an European Geosciences Union journal, has found that Bolivian glaciers shrunk by 43% between 1986 and 2014, and will continue to diminish if…
Evaluating Forecasting Models for Predicting Rainfall From Tropical Cyclones
Many people know that tropical cyclones and hurricanes cause high winds and storm surges. But two of their other effects, heavy rainfall and inland flooding, can be just as dangerous…
Scientists Find Link Between Tropical Storms and Decline of River Deltas
Research by the University of Southampton shows that a change in the patterns of tropical storms is threatening the future of the Mekong River delta in Vietnam, indicating a similar…
Storm Wave Study Could Help Improve Design of Coastal Defences
Coastal defences could be designed to better withstand powerful storms triggered by climate change, a study of wave dynamics suggests. Improving seawalls could help limit loss of life and damage…
To Curb Deaths From Disasters, End Poverty Says UN Chief
“High-income countries suffer huge economic losses in disasters, but people in low-income countries pay with their lives,” says Ban Ki-moon By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Oct 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –…
Tens of Millions Face Poverty Unless Cities Plan for Disasters Says World Bank
Fast-growing cities particularly in the developing world are ill-prepared to deal with increasing climate-related disasters, reports Sebastien Malo for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
Poor, Unprotected Nations Suffer Most Disaster Deaths
Of the 1.35 million people killed by natural hazards from 1996 to 2015, 90 percent died in low and middle-income countries, reports Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. BARCELONA,…
20 Years of Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
In 1996, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) launched a comprehensive agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) throughout the Latin America and the…
International Day for Disaster Reduction – “Live to Tell”
The United Nations General Assembly has designated 13 October as the date to celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) to promote a global culture of disaster reduction, including disaster…
