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Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Residents forced to evacuate as ‘out of control’ fire in WA’s Chapman Valley threatens homes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-10/out-of-control-bushfire-forces-mid-west-residents-to-flee-homes/103211650

Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, tens of thousands without power https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tennessee-tornadoes-leave-least-6-dead-tens-thousands-without-power-2023-12-10/

No respite for Far North Queensland as record rainfall forecast to continue https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/qld-record-flooding-far-north-monday/103239260

Thousands urged to evacuate in Queensland amid severe floods, Australia https://watchers.news/2023/12/17/flood-emergency-thousands-urged-to-evacuate-in-queensland-amid-severe-floods-australia/

Severe thunderstorm wreaks havoc along Argentina’s Atlantic coast, leaving at least 13 dead in Bahia Blanca https://watchers.news/2023/12/17/severe-thunderstorm-wreaks-havoc-along-argentinas-atlantic-coast-leaving-at-least-13-dead-in-bahia-blanca/

Far North Queensland township evacuation delayed by weather, rain easing in Cairns and Cooktown https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/qld-record-flooding-far-north-monday/103239260

Record rainfall and major flooding hit Carolinas as storm moves up East Coast https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/record-rainfall-and-major-flooding-hit-carolinas-as-storm-moves-up-east-coast/

Tropical Storm “Jelawat” (Kabayan) makes landfall in the Philippines, causing widespread evacuations https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/tropical-storm-jelawat-kabayan-makes-landfall-in-the-philippines-causing-widespread-evacuations/

Parts of Tamil Nadu record 950 mm (37 inches) of rain in 24 hours, India https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/parts-of-tamil-nadu-record-950-mm-37-inches-of-rain-in-24-hours-india/

Strong and shallow M5.9 earthquake hits Gansu-Qinghai border region, China https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/strong-and-shallow-m6-0-earthquake-hits-gansu-qinghai-border-region-china/

Wujal Wujal, a rural town located in Queensland’s Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire, faces a mandatory evacuation in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Jasper https://nit.com.au/18-12-2023/9092/entire-town-of-wujal-wujal-set-to-be-evacuated-after-cyclone-jasper-leaves-residents-stranded

Earthquake kills 127 people and injures hundreds more in China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/earthquake-china-gansu-qinghai-province/103245630

Volcanic eruption starts near Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2023/12/19/volcanic-eruption-starts-near-grindavik-reykjanes-peninsula-iceland/

Strong M6.2 earthquake hits southern Peru https://watchers.news/2023/12/20/strong-m6-2-earthquake-hits-southern-peru/

The biggest blizzard ever recorded along China’s coast https://watchers.news/2023/12/21/the-biggest-blizzard-ever-recorded-along-chinas-coast/

Firefighters battle major wildfire near Cape Town, South Africa https://watchers.news/2023/12/21/firefighters-battle-major-wildfire-near-cape-town-south-africa/

Brief EF-1 tornado strikes Oroville, California, causing damage https://watchers.news/2023/12/21/brief-ef-1-tornado-strikes-oroville-california-causing-damage/

Volcanic activity worldwide 20 Dec 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/229193/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-20-Dec-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

‘Incredibly intense’: Parkerville fire started with a tree falling on powerlines https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/incredibly-intense-parkerville-fire-started-with-a-tree-falling-on-powerlines-20231221-p5et66.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Climate-driven sea level rise combines with land subsidence in some of Africa’s fastest-growing cities https://eos.org/articles/sinking-cities-and-rising-waters

Compounding natural hazards and high vulnerability led to severe impacts from Horn of Africa flooding exacerbated by climate change and Indian Ocean Dipole https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-indian-ocean-dipole-compounding-natural-hazards-and-high-vulnerability-increased-severity-of-flooding-in-the-horn-of-africa/

The blue houses of Jodhpur: Traditional wisdom for a cooler future https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/blue-houses-jodhpur-traditional-wisdom-cooler-future

COP28 deal confirms what Australia already knows: coal is out of vogue and out of time https://theconversation.com/cop28-deal-confirms-what-australia-already-knows-coal-is-out-of-vogue-and-out-of-time-219906

Australia could be at 99 pct renewables by 2032, if green exports take off as hoped https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-could-be-at-99-pct-renewables-by-2032-if-green-exports-take-off-as-hoped/

Future Amplification of Multivariate Risk of Compound Drought and Heatwave Events on South Asian Population https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023EF003688

North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change https://theconversation.com/north-queenslands-record-breaking-floods-are-a-frightening-portent-of-whats-to-come-under-climate-change-220039

From laggard to leader? Why Australia must phase out fossil fuel exports, starting now https://theconversation.com/from-laggard-to-leader-why-australia-must-phase-out-fossil-fuel-exports-starting-now-219912

Scotland’s climate ‘changing faster than expected’ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67752167

Researchers discover Himalayan glaciers are cooling down, potentially slowing down effects of climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/new-report-shows-himalayan-glaciers-cooling-and-drying/103231372

‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/not-conducive-to-our-survival-pacific-islands-on-the-climate-frontline-respond-to-cop28-deal

Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next https://www.wri.org/insights/cop28-outcomes-next-steps

Integrating climate change induced flood risk into future population projections https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43493-8

How COP28 failed the world’s small islands https://theconversation.com/how-cop28-failed-the-worlds-small-islands-219938

About 3 million Americans are already “climate migrants,” analysis finds. Here’s where they left https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-america-3-million-migrants-first-street-nature/

Imagining climate resilient futures: A layered Delphi panel approach https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328723000046

Canada to require all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/19/canada-car-emissions-automaker-electric-2035

2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters https://theconversation.com/2023s-extreme-storms-heat-and-wildfires-broke-records-a-scientist-explains-how-global-warming-fuels-climate-disasters-217500

After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline https://e360.yale.edu/features/new-york-city-climate-plan-sea-level-rise

How El Niño and Climate Change Supercharged This Week’s East Coast Storm https://www.newsweek.com/how-el-nino-climate-change-supercharged-this-weeks-east-coast-storm-1854246

Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/21/solar-and-on-shore-wind-provide-cheapest-electricity-and-nuclear-most-expensive-csiro-analysis-shows

Amid a year of record-breaking climate disaster, the U.S. broke its record on oil production https://www.salon.com/2023/12/20/amid-a-year-of-record-breaking-climate-disaster-the-us-broke-its-record-on-oil-production/

Disaster risk reduction

Precipitation inequality exacerbates streamflow inequality, but dams moderate it https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723077288

Natural Flood Management (NFM) https://thefloodhub.co.uk/nfm/

‘Green Roads’ Are Plowing Ahead, Buffering Drought and Floods https://e360.yale.edu/features/green-roads

Targeted Analysis: Improving Local Intermediate Authorities’ crises preparedness and territorial Resilience – ResiLIAnce https://www.espon.eu/targeted-analysis-ResiLIAnce

AI Meets Its Match: The Butterfly Effect https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ai-meets-its-match-the-butterfly-effect

Highly Resolved Precipitation Maps Based on AI https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2023_099_highly-resolved-precipitation-maps-based-on-ai.php

Our cities will need to harvest stormwater in an affordable and green way – here’s how https://theconversation.com/our-cities-will-need-to-harvest-stormwater-in-an-affordable-and-green-way-heres-how-216363

Australia’s Riskscape https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/australias-riskscape

pRecipe: A global precipitation climatology toolbox and database https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/committees/pretech/highlights#Dec23

A new tool to better model future wildfire impacts in the United States https://news.osu.edu/a-new-tool-to-better-model-future-wildfire-impacts-in-the-united-states/

The U.S. saw 25 billion-dollar weather disasters this year — more than ever before. Next year could be worse https://grist.org/extreme-weather/2023-climate-disasters-billion-dollar-maui-fire-hurricane-flood/

Wildland-urban fire disasters aren’t actually a wildfire problem https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2315797120

Wildfires increasing across eastern U.S., new study reveals https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2023/12/18/wildfires-increasing-across-eastern-u-s-new-study-reveals/

WMO issues new guidelines on evaluation of weather and climate extremes https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-issues-new-guidelines-evaluation-of-weather-and-climate-extremes

CAMELS-CH: hydro-meteorological time series and landscape attributes for 331 catchments in hydrologic Switzerland https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/5755/2023/

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $150 Million to Help Underserved Communities Receive Low-Interest Loans for Resilience Projects https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20231219/biden-harris-administration-announces-150-million-help-underserved

Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01202-9

FLAMITS: A global database of plant flammability traits https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13799

Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what’s happening https://theconversation.com/volcanic-eruption-lights-up-iceland-after-weeks-of-earthquake-warnings-a-geologist-explains-whats-happening-220193

Hydrological regimes explain the seasonal predictability of streamflow extremes https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acf678

From Silos to Synergy: Outcomes & Implications for Early Warning & Early Action from COP28 https://www.early-action-reap.org/silos-synergy-outcomes-implications-early-warning-early-action-cop28

A new way to monitor the flow of rivers from satellites could provide a valuable early warning system for flood risk https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1032983_en.html

Number of People Affected by Tropical Cyclones Has Increased Sharply Since 2002 https://www.rand.org/news/press/2023/12/20.html

Emergency Management

First Field Exercise of the European Earthquake Geology Task Force (EuQuaGe) performed in Türkiye on the surface rupture of 06 February 2023 Elbistan (Kahramanmaraş) Earthquake https://www.preventionweb.net/news/first-field-exercise-european-earthquake-geology-task-force-euquage-performed-turkiye-surface

Lincolnshire in the UK prepares for major emergencies with digital twins and drones https://www.preventionweb.net/news/lincolnshire-uk-prepares-major-emergencies-digital-twins-and-drones

U.S. Geological Survey field crews in Maine are working December 20-23 and December 26-0 looking for evidence that will tell how high the flood waters reached from the recent heavy rains that hit New England and most of the East Coast https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/usgs-determining-extent-flooding-maine-caused-large-coastal-storm-worsened

Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2023: Wildfires, smoky skies, a record hot summer and more https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/2023-top-10-weather-stories-1.7063022

JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67772390

Off the radar: Ten disasters of 2023 you’ve likely never heard of https://www.ifrc.org/article/radar-ten-disasters-2023-youve-likely-never-heard

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Nature Lab is The Nature Conservancy’s youth curriculum platform https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-work/youth-engagement/nature-lab/

“One community at a time”: promoting community resilience in the face of natural hazards and public health challenges https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-17458-x

Leveraging social media and crowdsourcing in disaster risk management processes in Europe https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/leveraging-social-media-and-crowdsourcing-disaster-risk-management-processes-europe

How social media and crowdsourcing can help build disaster resilience https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/share-follow-and-save-lives

Preparing Canadian homes and communities to limit the growing risk of wildfire https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/ahead-flames

Snapping a picture on your next bushwalk could now help predict and prevent devastating bushfires, thanks to an innovative new AI-powered mobile phone app https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/list/2023/11/02/ai-phone-app-transforms-bushwalks-into-tools-for-high-tech-bushfire-prevention

Disaster psychology

As the temperature rises, so do rates of domestic violence https://theconversation.com/as-the-temperature-rises-so-do-rates-of-domestic-violence-215070

Collective Resilience and the COVID-19 Experience https://academic.oup.com/book/55279/chapter-abstract/428684801

Prolonged reminders of death from long-term disasters affect people’s choices and behaviours https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/reminders-of-death-affect-peoples-behaviours-research-finds

Who causes bushfires? https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/behaviour/bushfires-arson-climate-change/

Persistent Wildfire Smoke Is Eroding Rural America’s Mental Health https://www.climatecentral.org/partnership-journalism/persistent-wildfire-smoke-is-eroding-rural-americas-mental-health

Sociology and disasters

Covid lockdowns had ‘catastrophic effect’ on UK’s social fabric, report claims https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/10/covid-lockdowns-had-catastrophic-effect-on-uks-social-fabric-report-claims

Exploring the role of social capital in flood risk reduction: Insights from a systematic review https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376582265_Exploring_the_role_of_social_capital_in_flood_risk_reduction_Insights_from_a_systematic_review

Socio-Spatial Micro-Networks: Building Community Resilience in Kenya https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-7996-7_9

Community flood resilience assessment of Saadi neighborhood, Shiraz, Iran https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13669877.2023.2288023

2023 in Nine Charts: A Growing Inequality https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2023/12/18/2023-in-nine-charts-a-growing-inequality

The epic floods receded, but the misery remains in poor California farm towns https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-18/who-got-hit-hardest-in-2023-epic-floods-the-people-who-grow-your-food

New research shows that US renters are hit the hardest when a hurricane strikes https://www.sra.org/2023/11/16/ten-years-of-data-indicate-that-a-hurricane-disaster-leads-to-rent-increases-higher-eviction-rates-and-less-affordable-housing-for-renters/

Global population profile of tropical cyclone exposure from 2002 to 2019 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06963-z

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/