Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify https://www.castanet.net/news/World/587130/More-than-1-300-dead-from-floods-in-Indonesia-Sri-Lanka-and-Thailand-as-rescue-efforts-intensify
Emergency declared in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah leaves at least 355 dead and 366 missing https://watchers.news/2025/12/01/emergency-declared-sri-lanka-tropical-cyclone-ditwah-355-dead-366-missing/
Tropical Cyclone Senyar leaves over 1 000 dead, millions affected across Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia https://watchers.news/2025/12/02/tropical-cyclone-senyar-leaves-over-1-000-dead-millions-affected-across-indonesia-thailand-and-malaysia/
Deadly landslide submerges boats at Iparia port, Ucayali River, Peru https://watchers.news/2025/12/02/deadly-landslide-submerges-boats-iparia-port-ucayali-river-peru-december-2025/
Farmer killed fighting West River bushfire near Ravensthorpe on WA’s south coast https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-02/farmer-killed-fighting-bushfire-in-southern-wa-ravensthorpe/106089112
Orange alert in effect for Puracé volcano after renewed eruptive activity, Colombia https://watchers.news/2025/12/03/orange-alert-purace-volcano-renewed-eruptive-activity-colombia-december-2025/
Shallow M5.8 earthquake hits NW China, Yellow alert for economic losses issued https://watchers.news/2025/12/04/shallow-m5-8-earthquake-xinjang-china-yellow-alert-december-4-2025/
Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Dec 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Soputan, Merapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/288560/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-3-Dec-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Soputan-Merapi-.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Highlights from the extreme heat and agriculture report https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/highlights-extreme-heat-and-agriculture-report
Southern Annular Mode dynamics, projections and impacts in a changing climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00746-y
The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario https://carbontracker.org/the-quiet-retreat-why-the-oil-and-gas-industry-is-implementing-its-own-decline-even-as-the-iea-resurrects-an-old-growth-scenario/
When Earth Got 6°C Hotter 56 Million Years Ago Plants Stopped Absorbing Carbon Properly. Scientists Say It Could Happen Again https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/climate/when-earth-got-6c-hotter-56-millions-years-ago-plants-stopped-absorbing-carbon-properly-scientists-say-it-could-happen-again/
Land Use Changed the Climate. Now Climate’s Changing the Land https://www.wri.org/insights/land-use-climate-change-feedback-loop
Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk https://phys.org/news/2025-11-scientists-mountain-climate-faster-billions.html
Urbanization is projected to increase local surface temperature by 2100 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02947-1
New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02122025/worker-heat-standards-save-lives/
Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Australia https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00747-x
Here’s what’s next in the fight to curb climate change, now that talks in Brazil have ended https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-cop30-belem-brazil-united-nations-1e4a535b5416f59deae0303ebd422288
Global report highlights Mendenhall Glacier’s rapid retreat as a catalyst of climate change, warns impacts may speed up https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/global-report-highlights-mendenhall-glacier-s-rapid-retreat-as-a-catalyst-of-climate-change-warns-i
A decade of climate court cases: How legal battles are holding governments and polluters accountable https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/03/a-decade-of-climate-court-cases-how-legal-battles-are-holding-governments-and-polluters-ac
Deadly floods in Asia show why humans need to adapt to climate change https://observer.co.uk/news/the-sensemaker/article/deadly-floods-in-asia-show-why-humans-need-to-adapt-to-climate-change
Building Better Climate Initiatives: 7 Essential Ingredients for Effective Intergovernmental Cooperation https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/effective-cooperative-climate-initiatives
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html
Disaster risk reduction
WMO and the Early Warnings for All Initiative https://wmo.int/activities/early-warnings-all/wmo-and-early-warnings-all-initiative
Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time https://www.preventionweb.net/news/satellite-data-ship-captures-landslide-generated-tsunami-first-time
Fire in California https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fire/special_issues/fire_California
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped https://theconversation.com/in-1939-a-royal-commission-found-burning-forests-leads-to-more-bushfires-but-this-cycle-of-destruction-can-be-stopped-269099
Quantifying the flood risk reduction of coastal nature-based solutions in the Caribbean: Implications for developing insurance products https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/quantifying-flood-risk-reduction-coastal-nature-based
Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/will-glacier-melt-lead-to-increased-seismic-activity-in-mountain-regions/
All the world’s buildings available as 3D models for the first time https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/all-the-worlds-buildings-available-as-3d-models-for-the-first-time
Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, study finds https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/flood-risks-in-delta-cities-are-increasing-study-finds
G20 leaders signal strong commitment to disaster risk reduction and resilience https://www.preventionweb.net/news/g20-leaders-signal-strong-commitment-disaster-risk-reduction-and-resilience
From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters https://theconversation.com/from-earthquakes-to-wildfires-canada-is-woefully-ill-prepared-for-disasters-270848
Breakthrough research uses machine learning to better predict New England floods https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/02/new-england-flooding-predictions/
AI-ready satellite dataset targets environmental risk https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/ai-ready-satellite-dataset-targets-flood-and-wildfire-risk
A River on Fiber: High Resolution Fluvial Monitoring with Distributed Acoustic Sensing https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1696
Drought Risk and Impact Assessment https://droughtclp.unccd.int/course/drought-risk-and-impact-assessment
A Flat-File Compilation of Strong Ground-Motion Intensity Measures for Crustal Earthquakes in the Indian Region https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1620
Emergency Management
Fire Detection and Public Safety https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fire/special_issues/04IB4EH1Y6
How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/asia-floods-visual-guide-flooding-extreme-weather-cyclones-monsoon
Devastating rainfall in Asia claims hundreds of lives https://wmo.int/media/news/devastating-rainfall-asia-claims-hundreds-of-lives
Collections: Learning from past disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/type-content/learning-from-past-disasters
How science helped build Brazil’s new National Civil Protection and Defence Plan https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/how-science-helped-build-brazils-new-national-civil-protection-and-defence
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation https://www.un-glaciers.org/en
Parents in NSW warned of potentially more school closures due to bushfire risk https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/parents-warned-of-nsw-school-closures-due-to-bushfire-risk/106071876
Wildfire training tool now in use at training college https://emergencyservicestimes.com/2025/11/27/wildfire-training-tool-now-in-use-at-training-college/
How Disaster Preparedness Education Builds the Ability to Protect Lives https://www.gov-online.go.jp/hlj/en/december_2025/december_2025-04.html
UC Irvine-led study uses social media for real-time monitoring of heat experiences in state https://news.uci.edu/2025/12/02/uc-irvine-led-study-uses-social-media-for-real-time-monitoring-of-heat-experiences-in-state/
Disaster psychology
The psychological impact of exposure to floods https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/publications/the-psychological-impact-of-exposure-to-floods/
Sociology and disasters
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/inequality/
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02506-8
Hurricane season ends, but weather woes push Floridians to move, FAU survey finds https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/12/01/climate-change-florida-polling-hurricane-season-flooding-migration-property-insurance-fau/
Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan https://nyupress.org/9781479836864/radioactive-governance/
Democracy, institutional quality, and peace reduce the predicted human cost of flooding https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65914-6
WMO workshop on gender mainstreaming concludes with key forward-looking recommendations https://wmo.int/media/update/wmo-workshop-gender-mainstreaming-concludes-key-forward-looking-recommendations
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