Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Rivers overflow in Tanzania, causing severe floods and destruction https://watchers.news/2023/11/17/rivers-overflow-in-tanzania-causing-severe-floods-and-destruction/
Very strong M6.7 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines https://watchers.news/2023/11/17/very-strong-m6-7-earthquake-hits-mindanao-philippines/
Major eruption at Ulawun volcano triggers highest Alert Level, ash reaches 15 km (50 000 feet) a.s.l., P.N.G. https://watchers.news/2023/11/20/major-eruption-at-ulawun-volcano-triggers-highest-alert-level-ash-reaches-15-km-50-000-feet-a-s-l-p-n-g/
Guaíba River overflows in Porto Alegre’s center in third-highest flood since 1941, Brazil https://watchers.news/2023/11/20/guaiba-river-overflows-in-porto-alegres-center-in-third-highest-flood-since-1941-brazil/
Severe storms hit Turkey, leaving 9 dead and 11 missing from sunken cargo ship https://watchers.news/2023/11/20/severe-storms-hit-turkey-leaving-9-dead-and-11-missing-from-sunken-cargo-ship/
Dominican Republic – 21 Dead After “Highest Ever Rainfall Total” Triggers Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/america/floods-november-2023-jamaica-dominicanrepublic-haiti
Landslides triggered by the 17 November 2023 M=6.8 earthquake in Sarangani in the Philippines https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/sarangani-1
Alaska declares disaster in Wrangell following deadly landslide, U.S. https://watchers.news/2023/11/22/alaska-declares-disaster-in-wrangell-following-deadly-landslide-u-s/
Residents flee ‘absolutely chaotic’ Perth bushfire, as 10 homes destroyed https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/residents-flee-in-40c-heat-as-massive-perth-bushfire-destroys-10-homes/qwj3f0qxw
Extensive flooding hits Democratic Republic of Congo, nearly 1 500 homes destroyed or damaged https://watchers.news/2023/11/23/extensive-flooding-hits-democratic-republic-of-congo-nearly-1-500-homes-destroyed-or-damaged/
Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Nov 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/226898/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Nov-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reykjane.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Solar power to the people: California program brings clean energy to Oakland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/18/solar-power-oakland-california-low-income
Research shows subsidies and discounts for two-wheeled EVs can drive active transport https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-19/unlocking-the-potential-of-e-bikes-and-scooters/103120546
GeoTalk: meet Andreas Kvas, researcher of Earth’s gravity affected by climate change! https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2023/11/17/geotalk-meet-andreas-kvas-researcher-of-how-earths-gravity-is-affected-by-climate-change/
Greenland Joins the Paris Agreement on Climate Change https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/greenland-joins-paris-agreement-climate-change
Earth facing dire sea level rise — up to 20m — even if climate goals met https://globalnews.ca/news/10098366/sea-level-rise-20-metres-report-climate-change/
COP28: Your Guide to the 2023 UN Climate Conference https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/cop-climate-change-conference/
Disturbing model suggests New York will more regularly see ‘100-year flooding’ https://www.silive.com/climate/2023/11/disturbing-model-suggests-new-york-will-more-regularly-see-100-year-flooding.html
Major US climate disasters occur every three weeks, report finds https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03554-w
Solar smashes more records, as coal power sent to another new low https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-smashes-more-records-as-coal-power-sent-to-another-new-low/
Emissions Gap Report 2023 https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023
Study links volcanic eruptions in 540s, 1450s, 1600s to global cooling events https://watchers.news/2023/11/19/study-links-volcanic-eruptions-in-540s-1450s-1600s-to-global-cooling-events/
‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/20/where-did-i-go-wrong-the-scientist-who-tried-to-raise-the-climate-alarm
Climate Equality: A planet for the 99% https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/climate-equality-a-planet-for-the-99-621551/
Global surface temperature breaches 2℃ mark above baseline https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/global-surface-temperature-breaches-2%e2%84%83-mark-above-baseline/
Controversies of carbon dioxide removal https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-023-00493-y
UNEP at the climate COP28 https://www.unep.org/unep-climate-cop28
Humanity is still ‘breaking all the wrong records’ in fast-warming world https://www.carbonbrief.org/unep-humanity-is-still-breaking-all-the-wrong-records-in-fast-warming-world/
The perceived feasibility of behavior change is positively associated with support for domain-matched climate policies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259033222300492X
Adapting to Climate Change in Scotland https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/adapting-to-climate-change-progress-in-scotland/
New tool helps Vanuatu accelerate adaptation to climate change https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2023/November/Vanuatu-Climate-Futures-Portal
If we do it right, we can replant trees and shrubs to store carbon – and restore biodiversity https://theconversation.com/if-we-do-it-right-we-can-replant-trees-and-shrubs-to-store-carbon-and-restore-biodiversity-216734
Is it too late to keep global warming below 1.5 °C? The challenge in 7 charts https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-03601-6/index.html
Climate loss-and-damage funding: how to get money to where it’s needed fast https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03605-2
14% of Americans say there is no solid evidence that climate change is happening https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/08/09/why-some-americans-do-not-see-urgency-on-climate-change/ps_2023-08-09_climate-change_00-01/
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/climate-change-urgent-threat-pregnant-women-and-children
In September we went past 1.5 degrees. In November, we tipped over 2 degrees for the first time. What’s going on? https://theconversation.com/in-september-we-went-past-1-5-degrees-in-november-we-tipped-over-2-degrees-for-the-first-time-whats-going-on-218228
Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes https://theconversation.com/too-many-renters-swelter-through-summer-efficient-cooling-should-be-the-law-for-rental-homes-214483
Our new high-resolution climate models are a breakthrough in understanding Australia’s future https://theconversation.com/our-new-high-resolution-climate-models-are-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-australias-future-216739
Disaster risk reduction
Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/6531/2023/
Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01163-z
Improving the predictability of compound dry and hot extremes through complexity science https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0c0c
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice https://theconversation.com/volcanic-iceland-is-rumbling-again-as-magma-rises-a-geologist-explains-eruptions-in-the-land-of-fire-and-ice-217671
Floods pose significant risk to education and healthcare in Cambodia https://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific/floods-pose-significant-risk-education-and-healthcare-cambodia
United Nations And Government Of Fiji Launch Ground-Breaking Anticipatory Action Framework For Tropical Cyclones https://pacific.un.org/en/252971-united-nations-and-government-fiji-launch-ground-breaking-anticipatory-action-framework
It is now possible to quantify the risk associated with rockfalls in the Andes https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/mountain-it-now-possible-quantify-risk-associated-rockfalls-andes
DeepMind AI accurately forecasts weather — on a desktop computer https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03552-y
Resilient Cities Index 2023 https://impact.economist.com/projects/resilient-cities/
A statistical–dynamical approach for probabilistic prediction of sub-seasonal precipitation anomalies over 17 hydroclimatic regions in China https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/4187/2023/
The role of compound climate and weather extreme events in creating socio-economic impacts in South Florida https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094723000786
AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/ai-finds-formula-on-how-to-predict-monster-waves/
Alaska’s changing wildfire environment https://www.frames.gov/documents/alaska/docs/AlaskasChangingWildfireEnvironment(1).pdf
We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them https://theconversation.com/we-rarely-hear-about-the-disasters-that-were-avoided-but-theres-a-lot-we-can-learn-from-them-217850
Emergency management
Rebuilding red tape: Cabin owners in the shadow of the Caldor Fire face unique permit problem https://www.kcra.com/article/eldorado-forest-red-tape-cabin-owners-caldor-permit-rebuilding/45656904
Why are so few people getting the latest Covid-19 vaccine? https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/11/17/23964294/covid-19-vaccine-2023-us-vaccination-rates
Wildfires in the EU: 2022 was the second-worst year, a warning from a changing climate https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/wildfires-eu-2022-was-second-worst-year-warning-changing-climate-2023-11-22_en
Evacuation planning handbook https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/evacuation-planning-handbook
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Engagement in the Digital Age: Navigating the Technical and Ethical Debates Around Participatory Technologies in Environmental Decision-Making https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
Yes, tsunamis can happen in coastal BC. How is your business preparing? https://www.ccemstrategies.com/ccem-blog/2023/11/09/tsunamis-can-happen-in-coastal-bc
Disaster psychology
How climate change affects mental health https://wellcome.org/news/explained-how-climate-change-affects-mental-health
Perception, experience and resilience to risks: a global analysis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-46680-1
Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/cr5at
What is seasonal affective disorder? https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/seasonal-affective-disorder
5 reasons why climate change may see more of us turn to alcohol and other drugs https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-why-climate-change-may-see-more-of-us-turn-to-alcohol-and-other-drugs-217894
Climate change: Rise in Google searches around ‘anxiety’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67473829
Sociology and disasters
‘Hell de Janeiro’: scorching heat highlights Brazil’s glaring inequality https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/19/brazil-temperatures-extreme-heat-danger-climate-change-inequality
Human capital as a turnkey resource in resilience to cyclones and storm surges: Empirical evidence from coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X23011566
World’s cities across the wealth divide, critically unprepared as climate events become more extreme, new study shows https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-cities-across-the-wealth-divide-critically-unprepared-as-climate-events-become-more-extreme-new-study-shows-301989774.html
Fukushima and Civil Society: The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Socio-Political Perspective https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ssjj/jyad022/7439552
Online support groups, social identity, and the health and wellbeing of adults with Long Covid: An interview study https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/puw8b
Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to underreported extreme heat that would not have occurred without human-induced climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-poverty-rendering-madagascar-highly-vulnerable-to-underreported-extreme-heat-that-would-not-have-occurred-without-human-induced-climate-change/
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