Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Severe Tropical Cyclone “Mal” approaches Fiji, evacuation centers open on Viti Levu https://watchers.news/2023/11/14/severe-tropical-cyclone-mal-approaches-fiji-evacuation-centers-open-on-viti-levu/
Storm Debi leaves a trail of disruption across Ireland and Northern Ireland https://watchers.news/2023/11/13/storm-debi-leaves-a-trail-of-disruption-across-ireland-and-northern-ireland/
High risk of eruption near Grindavík: 15-km long magma intrusion identified northwest of town, Iceland https://watchers.news/2023/11/11/high-risk-of-eruption-near-grindavik-15-km-long-magma-intrusion-identified-northwest-of-town-iceland/
‘Once-in-a-century’ flood disaster strikes Somalia: Over 450 000 displaced, 1.2 million affected and 32 fatalities reported https://watchers.news/2023/11/15/once-in-a-century-flood-disaster-strikes-somalia-over-450-000-displaced-1-2-million-affected-and-32-fatalities-reported/
Bushfires in Australia’s north this year have burned an area larger than Spain https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2023/nov/15/bushfires-in-australias-north-this-year-have-burned-an-area-larger-than-the-size-of-spain
Kenya – 46 Dead and 58,000 Displaced as Floods Worsen https://floodlist.com/africa/kenya-floods-update-november-2023
Double-digit rainfalls, tropical force wind gusts hit Key Largo, Ocean Reef in Keys https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article281942433.html
Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Nov 2023: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Dukono, Reykjanes https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/226278/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Nov-2023-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Dukono-Reykjanes-Reventado.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Renewables predicted to avert risk of blackouts as scorching summer looms for Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/15/renewables-predicted-to-avert-risk-of-blackouts-as-scorching-summer-looms-for-australia
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/
Heat planning in small and medium-sized cities: A collaborative application of PIRS™ for heat in Kent, WA, USA https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42532-023-00166-6
World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/14/world-behind-on-almost-every-policy-required-to-cut-carbon-emissions-research-finds
‘The science is irrefutable’: US warming faster than global average, says report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/14/us-national-climate-assessment-global-warming-report
Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-nine-tipping-points-that-could-be-triggered-by-climate-change/
Michael Mann: Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here’s why. https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/yes-we-can-still-stop-the-worst-effects-of-climate-change-heres-why
The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01859-7/fulltext
Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by ‘unbearable’ heatwave https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67422663
Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/climate-heating-gases-reach-record-highs-un-reports
Brits do not feel prepared for climate change, warn councils https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/brits-do-not-feel-prepared-climate-change-warn-councils
El Niño reaches ‘strong’ intensity, scorching 2024 ahead for the planet https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-16/holder-nsw-el-nino-set-to-peak-as-one-of-the-strongest/103104264
New research reveals extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding are devastating millions of lives https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/november/flooding-and-drought.html
Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/11/14/frontline-heroes-predicting-climate-extremes-in-africa/
Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises https://theconversation.com/canada-must-stop-treating-climate-disasters-like-unexpected-humanitarian-crises-216153
Climate actions centered on Indigenous knowledge can improve resilience https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/11/14/national-climate-assessment/
If Australia is serious about climate, it must get serious about coal mine emissions https://reneweconomy.com.au/if-australia-is-serious-about-climate-it-must-get-serious-about-coal-mine-emissions/
Understanding the Contributions of Paleo-Informed Natural Variability and Climate Changes to Hydroclimate Extremes in the San Joaquin Valley of California https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003909
A strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean is coinciding with a similarly strong climate pattern in the Indian Ocean, suggesting South-East Asia and Australia will soon experience heat, drought and wildfires https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401228-twin-ocean-climate-anomalies-may-trigger-heat-and-drought-in-2024/
4 Reasons Why Ice Loss Is A More Urgent Problem Than You Think https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2023/11/16/4-reasons-why-ice-loss-is-a-more-urgent-problem-than-you-think/
United States, Other Greenhouse Gas Emitters Failing to Cut Emissions Fast Enough to Meet Climate Goals https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/national-climate-assessment-united-states-greenhouse-gases-fossil-fuels-climate-change-cop28
Disaster risk reduction
Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01300-5
Cultural burning https://www.fairplanet.org/story/wildfire-us-california-forest-perscribed-burning/
RivRetrieve: Retrieve Global River Gauge Data https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RivRetrieve/index.html
The sharp turn: Backward rupture branching during the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye) earthquake https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1083
Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them? https://e360.yale.edu/features/sequoias-climate-change
pyESDv1.0.1: an open-source Python framework for empirical-statistical downscaling of climate information https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/6479/2023/
Disaster early-warning systems are ‘doomed to fail’ — only collective action can plug the gaps https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03510-8
Flood protection plans for English homes cut by 40% https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/flooding-defence-protection-england-properties-cut-nao
Understanding Fire Regimes for a Better Anthropocene https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-environ-120220-055357
Hydrological extremes: from droughts to floods https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/48426
Québec’s summer 2023 wildfires were the most devastating in 50 years. Is the worst yet to come? https://theconversation.com/quebecs-summer-2023-wildfires-were-the-most-devastating-in-50-years-is-the-worst-yet-to-come-216933
Using dry and wet year hydroclimatic extremes to guide future hydrologic projections https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/20/2811/2016/
Recording and cataloguing hazards and their impacts: balances, challenges and perspectives https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/recording-and-cataloguing-hazards-and-their-impacts-balances-challenges-and-perspectives
Emergency management
Floods in France https://rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR706/download
Creating an ecosystem that enables acceleration of housing self-recovery in the post-disaster context https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2023/84/e3sconf_aiwest-dr2023_03001.pdf
National Security Strategy Resilience Misunderstood: Commenting on Germany’s National Security Strategy https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41125-023-00095-1
Life-saving emergency alerts often come too late or not at all https://www.cbsnews.com/news/life-saving-emergency-alerts-often-come-too-late-or-not-at-all/
Horn of Africa: over 100 killed and 700,000 displaced by El Nino rains as region braces for more wild weather https://reliefweb.int/report/kenya/horn-africa-over-100-killed-and-700000-displaced-el-nino-rains-region-braces-more-wild-weather
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
The Fire Networks partnership invests in people and place-based efforts to change relationships with fire https://firenetworks.org/
The Hydrogeoday: Raising awareness of groundwater https://iah.org/education/professionals/hydrogeoday
A Community-Based Approach to Climate Science Communication: Results From a Pilot Climate Extension Program https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022CSJ000020
A design-led approach to building resilience and readiness for the next Alpine Fault earthquake https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003306771-10/awareness-preparedness-alice-lake-hammond-caroline-orchiston
Disaster psychology
Climate change news audiences: Analysis of news use and attitudes in eight countries https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/climate-change-news-audiences-analysis-news-use-and-attitudes-eight-countries
Anxious about the climate? These three tips from experts can help https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2023/nov/16/climate-anxiety-tips
How climate change is making Australians sick, and how government policy is failing https://www.monash.edu/medicine/news/latest/2023-articles/how-climate-change-is-making-australians-sick,-and-how-government-policy-is-failing
Sociology and disasters
Life expectancy for men in U.S. falls to 73 years — six years less than for women, per study https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/13/life-expectancy-men-women/
A study from the Australian Conservation Foundation has found nine out of 10 people aged 13 to 24 want the right to a healthy environment enshrined in law https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/young-australians-overwhelmingly-want-a-legal-right-to-a-healthy-environment/nmp0a928o
The unequal landscape of civic opportunity in America https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01743-1
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