Today in disaster resilience (14 February 2025)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Over 30 missing after large landslide hits Jinping village, China https://watchers.news/2025/02/08/over-30-missing-after-large-landslide-hits-jinping-village-china/

25 dead and missing as severe floods and landslides hit Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/01/21/25-dead-and-missing-as-severe-floods-and-landslides-hit-java-indonesia/

7 dead as extreme rainfall causes flooding and landslides in Pernambuco, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/02/10/7-dead-as-extreme-rainfall-causes-flooding-and-landslides-in-pernambuco-brazil/

Severe storm hits Sao Paulo, leaving over 76 000 homes without power, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/02/11/severe-storm-hits-sao-paulo-leaving-over-76-000-homes-without-power-brazil/

Over 12 800 earthquakes hit Santorini-Amorgos zone in 10 days, Red Cross mobilizes to aid residents, Greece https://watchers.news/2025/02/11/over-12-800-earthquakes-hit-santorini-amorgos-zone-in-10-days-red-cross-mobilizes-to-aid-residents-greece/

Severe storms batter NSW and Victoria, triggering flash floods and emergency rescues, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/02/10/severe-storms-batter-nsw-and-victoria-triggering-flash-floods-and-emergency-rescues-australia/

Eruption at Kilauea producing lava fountains up to 100 m (330 feet) high, Hawai’I https://watchers.news/2025/02/12/eruption-at-kilauea-produces-lava-fountains-up-to-100-m-330-feet-high-hawaii/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Hottest January on record called ‘terrifying’ by climate scientists after defying expectations https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hottest-january-record-global-warming-climate-change-b2693479.html

The puzzling and powerful polar vortex faces ‘big uncertainty’ as Earth warms https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/08/polar-vortex-climate-change-influence-weather/77897833007/

Top Scientist: We Can’t Adapt Our Way Out of This Climate Crisis https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/06/climate-scientist-katharine-hayhoe-crisis-adaptation-global-warming-impact/

An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming: How will we adapt? https://phys.org/news/2025-02-arctic-meltdown-global.html

A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02246-9

Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show https://theconversation.com/earth-is-already-shooting-through-the-1-5-c-global-warming-limit-two-major-studies-show-249133

Australia formally misses UN climate deadline, only one country makes pledge close to 1.5°C https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-formally-misses-un-climate-deadline-only-one-country-makes-pledge-close-to-1-5c/

Record January heat suggests La Niña may be losing its ability to keep global warming in check https://theconversation.com/record-january-heat-suggests-la-nina-may-be-losing-its-ability-to-keep-global-warming-in-check-249389

Atmospheric rivers in Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00638-7

Tesla slump and global shake-up could see EV prices as low as $20,000 https://thedriven.io/2025/02/10/tesla-slump-and-global-shake-up-could-see-ev-prices-as-low-as-20000/

China’s Disastrous Summer Floods Linked to Unusually Warm Spring in Tibet https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-china-floods-climate

‘We left pieces of our life behind’: Indigenous group flees drowning island https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0lg9pedz1o

Record warm seas supercharging Australia’s weather from heatwaves to floods to cyclones https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/australia-warm-seas-fuelling-wild-weather-floods-cyclones/104928782

Climate change review reveals flooding trend https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5304n1313o

Disaster risk reduction

The Central Mindoro Fault: An Active Sinistral Fault Within the Translational Boundary Between the Palawan Microcontinental Block and the Philippine Mobile Belt https://www.mdpi.com/2624-795X/6/1/6

More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/08/more-than-100000-homes-in-england-could-be-built-in-highest-risk-flood-zones

Fatal landslides in 2024 https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/fatal-landslides-in-2024

Satellite data identifies warning signs ahead of 2018 volcanic eruption, tsunami https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/satellite-data-identifies-warning-signs-ahead-2018-volcanic

An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months https://theconversation.com/an-earthquake-swarm-is-shaking-santorini-it-could-persist-for-months-249278

Journal of Disaster Studies https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/886

Bagyong Kristine (TS Trami) in Bicol, Philippines: Flood Risk Forecasting, Disaster Risk Preparedness Predictions and Lived Experiences through Machine Learning (ML), Econometrics, and Hermeneutic Analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592125000174

Artificial intelligence is proving a game changer in tracking the Santorini earthquake swarm https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/artificial-intelligence-is-proving-a-game-changer-in-tracking-the-santorini-earthquake-swarm/

Is the UK Government’s £2.65 billion investment in flood defences being prioritised to the right projects? https://committees.parliament.uk/event/23315/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

Record UK Flood Insurance Claims in 2024 – Rising Costs and Risks https://www.unda.co.uk/news/record-uk-flood-insurance-claims-in-2024-rising-costs-and-risks/

How innovative flood intelligence can reshape emergency response and protect lives https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c5fb956719ff4ae8996b20c0feadbebf

2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition https://storytelling-for-a-better-world-story.hub.arcgis.com/pages/vote-for-your-favorite

Build Baby Build https://floodmary.com/2025/02/10/build-baby-build/

‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/housing-shortages-flooding-climate-risk-00201069

Rapid design of Nature-based Solutions with new tool https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/rapid-design-of-nature-based-solutions-with-new-tool

Complex disaster risks call for urgent action in the Arab region https://www.preventionweb.net/news/complex-disaster-risks-call-urgent-action-arab-region

Emergency Management

Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/07/trump-wants-states-to-handle-disasters-without-fema-they-say-they-cant/

How AI, Tech, And Policy Can Stop The Wildfire Crisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyrubin/2025/02/03/how-ai-tech-and-policy-can-stop-the-wildfire-crisis/

L.A. Residents, Businesses Face a Decision After Wildfires: To Rebuild or Relocate https://www.georgetown.edu/news/la-wildfires-climate-migration/

Shocks and Politics: Understanding Disaster Preparedness https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/shocks-and-politics/DA7207CF268A4CA5EF8A4455D9812243

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

California wildfires force students to think about the connections between STEM and society https://theconversation.com/california-wildfires-force-students-to-think-about-the-connections-between-stem-and-society-248286

Disaster psychology

Geopsychiatry: Climate change, migration, and mental health https://journals.lww.com/inpj/fulltext/2024/33001/geopsychiatry__climate_change,_migration,_and.43.aspx

Sociology and disasters

ICT and Local Peripheral Territorial Systems’ Resilience in Crisis Conditions: A Study of Urban-Rural Communes in Poland https://ersj.eu/journal/3896

Community Resilience in Conflict Zones: Identifying Key Factors for Conflict Resolution and Recovery Potential https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-96-2295-5_8

Today in disaster resilience (7 February 2025)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Major flooding underway in northern Queensland after extreme rainfall, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/02/02/major-flooding-underway-in-northern-queensland-after-extreme-rainfall-australia/

Santorini on alert as tremors rattle island https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2eg12jn730o

Streets turn into raging rivers as heavy rains hit Italy https://watchers.news/2025/02/03/streets-turn-into-raging-rivers-as-heavy-rains-hit-italy/

Over 9 000 people evacuate Santorini as seismic crisis worsens, UK issues travel advisory, Greece https://watchers.news/2025/02/04/over-9-000-people-evacuate-santorini-as-seismic-crisis-worsens-uk-issues-travel-advisory-greece/

North Queensland on alert for flash flooding as second death recorded in emergency https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-05/north-queensland-flooding-townsville-rainfall-flood-recovery/104894530

Heavy rains set new records in San Francisco, triggering floods and landslides, California https://watchers.news/2025/02/06/heavy-rains-set-new-records-in-san-francisco-triggering-floods-and-landslides-california/

Effusive eruption at Stromboli volcano, lava flowing down Sciara del Fuoco, Italy https://watchers.news/2025/02/06/effusive-eruption-at-stromboli-volcano-lava-flowing-down-sciara-del-fuoco-italy/

Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Feb 2025: Santorini volcano, Santiaguito, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/264126/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-5-Feb-2025-Santorini-volcano-Santiaguito-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/02/fire-chiefs-warn-uk-not-prepared-climate-crisis-impacts

Climate change increased the likelihood of wildfire disaster in highly exposed Los Angeles area https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-the-likelihood-of-wildfire-disaster-in-highly-exposed-los-angeles-area/

Climate Change Increases Risk of Successive Natural Hazards in the Himalayas https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2025/sikkim-flood-desaster.html

Bhutan’s climate resilience: Ten years of partnership and a path forward https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/endpovertyinsouthasia/bhutan-s-climate-resilience–ten-years-of-partnership-and-a-path

Insuring Resilience: How Parametric Solutions are Transforming Climate Adaptation in the Pacific https://www.undp.org/pacific/blog/insuring-resilience-how-parametric-solutions-are-transforming-climate-adaptation-pacific

Customers will take as much wind and solar as they can “because they are the cheapest” https://reneweconomy.com.au/customers-will-take-as-much-wind-and-solar-as-they-can-because-they-are-the-cheapest-says-brookfield/

Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/03/greenland-ice-sheet-cracking-study

Mortality impacts of the most extreme heat events https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00635-w

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/temperatures-at-north-pole-20c-above-average-and-beyond-ice-melting-point

Paris When It Sizzles: The City of Light Aims to Get Smart on Heat https://e360.yale.edu/features/paris-heat-waves-climate-change

Global ‘Stilling’: Is Climate Change Slowing Down the Wind? https://e360.yale.edu/features/global-stilling-is-climate-change-slowing-the-worlds-wind

How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-homes-insurance-housing-rent-mortgage

Ancient Climate Reconstruction Links Past and Future https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ancient-climate-reconstruction-links-past-and-future

More, bigger crevasses open up in Greenland ice sheet, threatening increased sea level rise https://news.ufl.edu/2025/02/greenland-crevasses/

Half a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-a-degree-rise-in-global-warming-will-triple-area-of-earth-too-hot-for-humans

January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, despite an emerging La Niña https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-january-2025-was-warmest-record-globally-despite-emerging-la-nina

It’s official: Australia’s ocean surface was the hottest on record in 2024 https://theconversation.com/its-official-australias-ocean-surface-was-the-hottest-on-record-in-2024-249277

Extreme heat: Where 50C temperatures could hit this week https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/extreme-heat-where-50c-temperatures-could-hit-this-week/k5h0nafly

Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high

Disaster risk reduction

Countries are neglecting the existential threat of pandemics. Bold leadership is necessary https://thebulletin.org/2025/01/countries-are-neglecting-the-existential-threat-of-pandemics-bold-leadership-is-necessary/

What’s driving north Queensland’s deadly, record-breaking floods? https://theconversation.com/whats-driving-north-queenslands-deadly-record-breaking-floods-248847

The 1995 Kobe earthquake: Reflecting on past lessons and assessing modern resilience https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/insurance/1995-kobe-earthquake-reflecting-past-lessons-assessing-modern-resilience.html

The effectiveness of disaster risk management policies in Brazilian municipalities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819025000028

Flood Risk Assessment and Modelling Helps Lincolnshire Development Get Planning Approval https://rabconsultants.co.uk/news/flood-risk-assessment-and-modelling-helps-lincolnshire-development-get-planning-approval/

Spending on flood defences set to rise to record levels https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5rln4yd3o

LA wildfires highlight nation’s insurance crisis as homeowners try to recover lost homes https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/la-wildfires-highlight-nations-insurance-crisis-homeowners-recover-118473201

Twelve months of smart solutions to reduce disaster risks https://www.preventionweb.net/news/twelve-months-smart-solutions-reduce-disaster-risks

UW-led research identifies migration, housing quality as risk factors in earthquake deaths https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/02/03/qa-uw-led-research-identifies-migration-housing-quality-as-risk-factors-in-earthquake-deaths/

Commission reports show faster progress is needed across Europe to protect waters and better manage flood risks https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_342

Words into Action guidelines: The Science–Policy–Society ecosystem for disaster risk reduction https://www.undrr.org/publication/words-action-guidelines-science-policy-society-ecosystem-disaster-risk-reduction

Explainability can foster trust in artificial intelligence in geoscience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01639-x

Emergency Management

How satellites and AI help fight wildfires today https://theconversation.com/how-satellites-and-ai-help-fight-wildfires-today-248420

North Queensland farmers assess flood damage as ‘wall of water’ smashes banana crops https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-02-04/bananas-and-cane-flooded-in-north-queensland/104891254

Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/250-million-children-missed-school-year-extreme-weather-118047443

Can We Rebuild Los Angeles? https://www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-wildfires-destruction-rebuild

Moving forward after the Los Angeles fires https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/moving-forward-after-the-los-angeles-fires-experts-discuss-physical-psychological-and-environmental-recovery

Volunteer fire departments in Arkansas struggling amid low number of volunteers https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/volunteer-fire-department-arkansas/91-3cfc8a9f-dd89-4e07-841e-71293d51f234

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Next slide please: data visualisation expert on what’s wrong with the UK government’s coronavirus charts https://theconversation.com/next-slide-please-data-visualisation-expert-on-whats-wrong-with-the-uk-governments-coronavirus-charts-149329

Disaster psychology

Geopsychiatry Survey – Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciJ1x9iNoag9tfRJ3xL36N8LxxNNSRmY39nT_Q_MlQSJyBOQ/viewform

Sociology and disasters

The role of urban amenities in facilitating social mixing: Evidence from Stockholm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204624002494

Assessing Catchment Vulnerability of Community-Based Small Businesses to Coastal Hazards: Spatial and Sectoral Disparities https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-2218

Connecting Social Capital and Vulnerability: Citation Network Analysis of Disaster Studies https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29NH.1527-6996.0000469

Assessing Urban–Rural Differences in Disaster Evacuation Vulnerability Among Minority Populations: Insights from a Recent Survey in Florida https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00330124.2024.2440713#d1e252

Community spirit strong as anxiety builds over north Queensland floods https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-04/north-queensland-communities-rally-amid-floods/104890762

Caring, Coping and Rebuilding—The Role of Social Infrastructure During and After the 2021 Flood Event in Germany https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1753318x

Substitute or complement? How social capital, age and socioeconomic status interacted to impact mortality in Japan’s 3/11 tsunami https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319300308

Today in disaster resilience (31 January 2025)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Mudslides and debris flows grip Los Angeles as much needed rain arrives to California https://watchers.news/2025/01/27/mudslides-and-debris-flows-grip-los-angeles-as-much-needed-rain-arrives-to-california/

Why meteorologists are comparing Storm Éowyn to a bomb https://theconversation.com/why-meteorologists-are-comparing-storm-eowyn-to-a-bomb-248203

Cyclone risk amid latest start to Queensland monsoon season in decades https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-28/latest-start-to-queensland-monsoon-season-in-decades-cyclone/104864088

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Jan 2025: Santorini volcano, Santiaguito, Merapi, Semeru, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/263546/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Jan-2025-Santorini-volcano-Santiaguito-Merapi-Semeru-Dukono-Rev.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Guidelines to quantify climate change exposure and vulnerability indicators for the future: an example for heat stress risk across scales https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/guidelines-quantify-climate-change-exposure-and-vulnerability-indicators-future-example

A principle-based framework to determine countries’ fair warming contributions to the Paris Agreement https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56397-6

How do we adapt enough? https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/01/how-do-we-adapt-enough.html

Beyond Energy Access: How Renewable Energy Fosters Resilience in Island Communities https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/14/2/20#

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries

Global sea levels may rise by up to 1.9m by 2100, exceeding earlier projections: NTU study https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/global-sea-level-may-rise-by-up-to-1-9m-by-2100-exceeding-earlier-projections-ntu-study

How Climate Risks Could Affect Property Taxes in Florida, California, and Elsewhere https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/climate-risks-could-affect-property-230408910.html

Renewable records surge across the grid in midst of latest heatwave https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewable-records-surge-across-the-grid-in-midst-of-latest-heatwave/

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-climate-change-burn-devastation-warming-1429ef7c613a0d97fc156068215571d2

Antarctic coastal polynyas in the global climate system https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00634-x

Anthropogenic climate change doubled the frequency of compound drought and heatwaves in low-income regions https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/anthropogenic-climate-change-doubled-frequency-compound-drought-and-heatwaves-low

Disaster risk reduction

Study finds statistical link between solar activity and rainfall variability https://watchers.news/2025/01/27/study-finds-statistical-link-between-solar-activity-and-rainfall-variability/

Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene https://theconversation.com/human-use-of-fire-has-produced-an-era-of-uncontrolled-burning-welcome-to-the-pyrocene-247195

Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic https://theconversation.com/wanting-to-return-to-normal-after-a-disaster-is-understandable-but-often-problematic-247884

Why the home insurance model is broken https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/why-the-home-insurance-model-is-broken.html

Two different perspectives on heatwaves within the Lagrangian framework https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/6/131/2025/

In Vermont, a Push to Prevent Flooding or Get Out of the Way https://e360.yale.edu/features/vermont-floods

Global status of multi-hazard early warning systems https://www.undrr.org/reports/global-status-MHEWS-2023

The benefits and trade-offs of multi-variable calibration of the WaterGAP global hydrological model (WGHM) in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/567/2025/

‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/housing-shortages-flooding-climate-risk-00201069

Emergency Management

January 2025 Economist Snapshot: Los Angeles Wildfires Recovery Will Be Costly and Lengthy https://urbanland.uli.org/capital-markets-and-finance/january-economist-snapshot-los-angeles-wildfires-recovery-will-be-costly-and-lengthy

Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-disaster-relief-agency-fema-175054686.html

Toxic waste delays California wildfire cleanup efforts https://watchers.news/2025/01/30/toxic-waste-delays-california-wildfire-cleanup-efforts/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Netflix’s La Palma’s ‘megatsunami’ has been debunked https://theconversation.com/netflixs-la-palmas-megatsunami-has-been-debunked-246916

Fireforest: A New Film on Forest Management and Wildfire https://fireadaptednetwork.org/fireforest-a-new-film-on-forest-management-and-wildfire/

Meet Flo the Flood Bus https://www.floodre.co.uk/flo/

Lessons for communication strategies during health emergencies from a COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices study in an informal settlement in Mumbai, India https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-025-00410-2

Disaster psychology

Understanding Psychological Wellbeing Among Iranian Healthcare Workers: The Role of Resilience and Social Capital https://www.researchgate.net/publication/388470932_Understanding_Psychological_Wellbeing_Among_Iranian_Healthcare_Workers_The_Role_of_Resilience_and_Social_Capital

Sociology and disasters

Positioning the Sense of Coherence (SOC) in Disaster Recovery Planning and Design https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/161

The Dual Structure of Volunteering During Crises: A Task-Driven Approach to Volunteering https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08997640241311868

Do you know your neighbors? Why connecting with them can help combat loneliness and make you feel safe and supported https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/do-you-know-your-neighbors-why-connecting-with-them-can-help-combat-loneliness-and-make-you-feel-safe-and-supported-100012009.html

Community Resilience and Social Capital: Hindering vs Fostering Factors https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420925000378

Exploring multi-level governance arrangements in disaster recovery: A study of Lagos, Nigeria https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420925000780

The Pareto effect in tipping social networks: from minority to majority https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/189/2025/

Today in disaster resilience (17 January 2025)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Wildfires in California claim 24 lives, destroy over 12 000 structures https://watchers.news/2025/01/12/wildfires-in-california-claim-16-lives-destroy-over-12-000-structures/

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120, striking near holy Buddhist city https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/china-reports-69-magnitude-earthquake-tibets-shigatse-city-2025-01-07/

Cyclone Dikeledi makes landfall over Madagascar, Mayotte braces for another cyclone https://watchers.news/2025/01/11/cyclone-dikeledi-makes-landfall-over-madagascar-mayotte-braces-for-another-cyclone/

Intense rains and floods claim 17 lives in Bolivia https://watchers.news/2025/01/11/intense-rains-and-floods-claim-17-lives-in-bolivia/

Significant damage reported, two injured as intense seismo-volcanic crisis hits Main Ethiopian Rift https://watchers.news/2025/01/13/significant-damage-reported-two-injured-as-intense-seismo-volcanic-crisis-hits-main-ethiopian-rift/

Extreme rainfall leaves 10 dead in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/01/13/extreme-rainfall-leaves-10-dead-in-ipatinga-minas-gerais-brazil/

Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi hits Mozambique after leaving 3 dead in Madagascar https://watchers.news/2025/01/14/tropical-cyclone-dikeledi-hits-mozambique-after-leaving-3-dead-in-madagascar/

One dead, 200 000 homes without power as severe thunderstorms with large hail hit New South Wales, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/01/15/one-dead-200-000-homes-without-power-as-severe-thunderstorms-with-large-hail-hit-new-south-wales-australia/

Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Jan 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/262421/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Jan-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

This catastrophe was waiting to happen https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-01-10/whats-to-blame-for-this-historic-destruction-we-wont-like-the-answer-essential-california

2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-10/2024-hottest-year-ever

In 2024 global warming topped 1.5C. Have we failed the Paris Agreement? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-13/a-year-above-1-5c-what-does-it-really-mean/104774364

Climate change projected fire weather sensitivity: California Santa Ana wind occurrence https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL025808

Climate change is showing its claws: The world is getting hotter, resulting in severe hurricanes, thunderstorms and floods https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2025/natural-disaster-figures-2024.html

Record-breaking heat putting UK public health at risk https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/259833/record-breaking-heat-putting-uk-public-health/

Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report https://theconversation.com/global-temperatures-passed-critical-1-5-c-milestone-for-the-first-time-in-2024-new-report-246821

Climate ‘whiplash’ linked to raging LA fires https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ewe4p9128o

Arctic Sea Ice Decline Triggering Worsening Fires in Western US https://www.newsweek.com/arctic-sea-ice-decline-triggering-worsening-fires-us-2014526

What Madagascar Fishing Communities Can Teach Us about Climate Survival https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/what-madagascar-fishing-communities-can-teach-us-about-climate-survival

An assessment of current policy scenarios over the 21st century and the reduced plausibility of high-emissions pathways https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768659241304854

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries

Global Climate Highlights 2024 https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2024

Disaster risk reduction

Variation in slip behaviour along megathrusts controlled by multiple physical properties https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01617-9

Insured LA wildfire losses ‘to notably’ exceed $10bn: Gallagher Re https://www.reinsurancene.ws/insured-la-wildfire-losses-to-notably-exceed-10bn-gallagher-re/

How will calamity change Los Angeles? https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/13/how-will-calamity-change-los-angeles

A Disaster Expert Explains Why the L.A. Fires Have Been So Catastrophic https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/01/09/a-disaster-expert-explains-why-the-la-fires-have-been-so-catastrophic/

Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/floods-droughts-fires-hydroclimate-whiplash-speeding-up-globally

What do the LA wildfires mean for home insurance? https://www.context.news/climate-risks/what-do-the-la-wildfires-mean-for-home-insurance

One in 10 Australian homes could become uninsurable by 2035, analyst warns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/insurance-premiums-rising-uninsurable-homes-climate-change/104814932

Can system dynamics explain long-term hydrological behaviors? The role of endogenous linking structure https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/159/2025/

Multi criteria evaluation of downscaled CMIP6 models in predicting precipitation extremes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169809525000134

Affordable insurance should not be our ultimate goal. We need to address the underlying risk https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/01/14/property-insurance-florida-hurricanes-flooding-climate-change-resilience-risk-mitigation-citizens/

Global Risks Report 2025 https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2025/

‘What the hell is going on?’: Top firefighter’s warning for Australian cities after LA fires https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/what-the-hell-is-going-on-top-firefighters-warning-for-australian-cities-after-la-fires/7az9gydpj

When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-become-reality-extreme-weather-in-2024/

Emergency Management

California fires live: Los Angeles prepared for severe winds expected in coming days, mayor says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/12/california-fires-death-toll-expected-rise-ucla-threatened-winds-latest-updates

How Do You Stop a Hurricane Made of Fire? California fights wildfires like wars, but this one may be unwinnable https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/california-wildfires-technology-war.html

COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-5-years-later-learning-pandemic-many-are-forgetting

Real-time aircraft tracking shows firefighting efforts on the massive Palisades Fire, Los Angeles County https://watchers.news/2025/01/12/real-time-aircraft-tracking-shows-firefighting-efforts-on-the-massive-palisades-fire-los-angeles-county/

California wildfire disaster: State’s insurance industry could see ‘catastrophic failures’ in the coming days https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/01/10/california-fires-insurance-industry/

Oregon fire survivors share message of hope, resilience with Los Angeles community https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/oregon-almeda-fire-veterinary-hospital/283-fbce7e59-3b09-46dc-b809-025372b1433e

Understanding Polycrisis: Definitions, Applications, and Responses https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4593383

Weather Service struggles to convey fire warnings to public https://www.axios.com/2025/01/14/la-fires-forecasts-red-flag-warnings

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Simple changes to social media messaging can help persuade people to heed wildfire evacuation orders https://news.nd.edu/news/simple-changes-to-social-media-messaging-can-help-persuade-people-to-heed-wildfire-evacuation-orders/

Speak with One Voice? Examining Content Coordination and Social Media Engagement During Disasters https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/isre.2022.0121

How do mountains grow? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00630-1

Risks from ash and air pollution remain for people returning after wildfires. Here’s how to stay safe https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/13/health/la-wildfires-air-pollution-symptoms-safety/index.html

Disaster psychology

As the world burns, young Australians are feeling disbelief – and looking for answers https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/13/as-the-world-burns-young-australians-are-feeling-disbelief-and-looking-for-answers

Evacuees describe emotional toll of devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County, California https://watchers.news/2025/01/09/evacuees-describe-emotional-toll-of-devastating-palisades-fire-in-los-angeles-county-california/

The psychological toll of California’s catastrophic fires https://www.axios.com/2025/01/12/california-wildfires-loss-mental-health

Sociology and disasters

Unequal Effects of the Lockdown on Mental Health in Shanghai: The Moderating and Mediating Role of Neighborhood Environment and Online Social Connections https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23177

As thousands flee LA fires, disaster poses unique challenges for the unhoused https://www.marketplace.org/2025/01/10/los-angeles-wildfires-homeless-residents/

The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-pacific-palisades-pasadena-altadena-inequality-63ea76d186740359f7f5dd188896354f

Networks of Inclusive Exclusion: Social Capital and Resilient Rural Livelihoods in the Southern Great Plains (SGP) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10745-025-00565-1

The role of social capital in strengthening community resilience against floods: A case study of Mumbai, India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096324001025

One and the Same or Worlds Apart? Linking Transformative Regional Resilience and Just Transitions Through Welfare State Policies https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/2/637

Today in disaster resilience (20 December 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Strong explosion at Mount Dukono, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/12/07/strong-explosion-at-mount-dukono-indonesia/

Flood along the River Wye, England https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rj5dpn65ko

Powerful explosive eruption and pyroclastic flows at Kanlaon volcano force urgent evacuation of 87 000 people, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/12/09/powerful-explosive-eruption-and-pyroclastic-flows-at-kanlaon-volcano-force-urgent-evacuation-of-87-000-people-philippines/

Franklin Fire forces urgent evacuations near Malibu Canyon Road, Los Angeles, California https://watchers.news/2024/12/10/franklin-fire-evacuations-malibu-canyon-road-los-angeles-california/

Rare Scotts Valley tornado injures 5, overturns vehicles in shopping district, California https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/rare-scotts-valley-tornado-damage-injures-december-2024/

Chido strikes Mayotte as most violent and destructive cyclone in 90 years https://watchers.news/2024/12/14/chido-strikes-mayotte-as-most-violent-and-destructive-cyclone-in-90-years/

Chido strikes Mozambique after catastrophic landfall in Mayotte https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/chido-strikes-mozambique-after-catastrophic-damage-mayotte/

14 dead and hundreds injured after a magnitude 7.3 quake in Vanuatu leaves some trapped in rubble https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/magnitude-73-earthquake-hits-pacific-island-nation-vanuatu-116851766

Before-and-after satellite images show Agalega after Cyclone Chido’s direct hit https://watchers.news/2024/12/16/before-and-after-satellite-images-agalega-cyclone-chidos-direct-hit/

One home under threat from Emergency level Grampians bushfire as residents told to leave https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/more-residents-told-to-prepare-to-leave-grampians-bushfire/104741224

Tropical Cyclone Chido ‘spares nothing’ in Mayotte, thousands feared dead https://watchers.news/2024/12/16/tropical-cyclone-chido-spares-nothing-in-mayotte-thousands-feared-dead/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/12/06/high-heat-is-preferentially-killing-the-young-not-the-old-new-research-finds/

CSIRO reaffirms nuclear power likely to cost twice as much as renewables https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/nuclear-power-plant-twice-as-costly-as-renewables/104691114

‘Ominous milestone for the planet’: Arctic Ocean’s 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/arctic/ominous-milestone-for-the-planet-arctic-oceans-1st-ice-free-day-could-be-just-3-years-away-alarming-study-finds

Autumn 2024 was the warmest in U.S. history, NOAA says https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/autumn-2024-was-the-warmest-in-u-s-history-noaa-says/

2024 will be world’s hottest year on record, and the first above 1.5°C target https://reneweconomy.com.au/2024-will-be-worlds-hottest-year-on-record-and-the-first-above-1-5c-target/

Understanding the drivers and predictability of record low Antarctic sea ice in austral winter 2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01772-2

Study Reveals Green and Blue Infrastructure Reduce Urban Heat https://climateadaptationplatform.com/study-reveals-green-and-blue-infrastructure-reduce-urban-heat/

Coastal retreat in Alaska is accelerating because of compound climate impacts, researchers warn https://phys.org/news/2024-12-coastal-retreat-alaska-compound-climate.html

Another Hot Arctic Year Indicates a New Climate Regime https://eos.org/articles/another-hot-arctic-year-indicates-a-new-climate-regime

Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more https://theconversation.com/arctic-has-changed-dramatically-in-just-a-couple-of-decades-2024-report-card-shows-worrying-trends-in-snow-ice-wildfire-and-more-237738

Tourism emissions surge over last decade and now make up 9 per cent of global total, report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tourism-air-travel-carbon-emissions-surge-environment/104701158

Projecting Socio-Economic Exposure due to Future Hydro-Meteorological Extremes in Large Transboundary River Basin under Global Warming Targets https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11269-024-04057-7

Mexico heatwave impacts https://futurism.com/the-byte/mexico-heat-young-people-deaths

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294

Association of climate variability modes with concurrent droughts and heatwaves in India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589915524000269

Severe to Extreme Heatwave Warnings in all states and territories except Tasmania, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/severe-extreme-heatwave-warnings-australia-december-2024/

Islanders determined to keep hope, culture alive as Torres Strait rises https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/rising-ocean-threat-to-island-culture-torres-strait-australia/104613496

We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458862-we-finally-have-an-explanation-for-2023s-record-breaking-temperatures/

Unpacking the progression of climate uncertainty into precarity in the urban context of drylands: the case of floods in Lodwar, Turkana https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17565529.2024.2434135

Australia’s deadliest natural disaster you’ve never heard of https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/heatwave-of-2009-australias-deadliest-natural-disaster/104648912

Around eight million properties in England – or one in four – could be at risk of flooding by 2050 as the danger increases due to climate change https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99x4599gr7o

Days above 0 C have seen dramatic increase around the world, Climate Central analysis finds https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/impacts/canadas-cities-are-losing-up-to-19-days-of-winter-new-climate-report

Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/pakistan-bahamas-fossil-fuel-climate-change

Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004561

Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg344zz1ro

Arctic Emits More Carbon Than It Stores as Warming Hits Canada’s Winter Economy https://www.theenergymix.com/arctic-emits-more-carbon-than-it-stores-as-warming-hits-canadian-economy-winter-sports/

Like minds, shared mission: Two projects on Disability-Inclusive Climate Action come together https://www.omlopezcenter.org/like-minds-shared-mission-two-projects-on-disability-inclusive-climate-action-come-together/

Most coastal Arctic infrastructure faces instability by 2100 https://news.agu.org/press-release/most-arctic-infrastructure-faces-instability/

A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act https://theconversation.com/a-push-to-cool-australian-cities-may-inadvertently-increase-our-skin-cancer-risk-unless-we-act-245744

More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start https://theconversation.com/more-than-1-300-hajj-pilgrims-died-this-year-when-humidity-and-heat-pushed-past-survivable-limits-its-just-the-start-245271

Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability https://phys.org/news/2024-12-antarctica-threaten-global-climate-stability.html

Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/climate-crisis-deepens-with-2024-certain-to-be-hottest-year-on-record

“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records https://www.salon.com/2024/12/19/an-exclamation-point-on-global-warming-climate-scientists-warn-2024-was-marked-by-broken-records/

Disaster risk reduction

Taiwan logs record seismic activity with 42 quakes surpassing M5.5 in 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/12/07/taiwan-logs-record-seismic-activty-with-42-quakes-surpassing-magnitude-5-5/

Migration as a hidden risk factor in seismic fatality: a spatial modeling of the Chi-Chi earthquake and suburban syndrome https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/4457/2024/

Innovation, insight and impact: groundbreaking research through the 2024 hurricane season https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/innovation-insight-and-impact-groundbreaking-research-through-the-2024-hurricane-season/

Hurricanes, severe thunderstorms and floods drive insured losses above USD 100 billion for 5th consecutive year, says Swiss Re Institute https://www.swissre.com/press-release/Hurricanes-severe-thunderstorms-and-floods-drive-insured-losses-above-USD-100-billion-for-5th-consecutive-year-says-Swiss-Re-Institute/f8424512-e46b-4db7-a1b1-ad6034306352

What we can and (still) can’t predict about earthquakes https://theconversation.com/what-we-can-and-still-cant-predict-about-earthquakes-245456

Scientists urged to pull the plug on ‘bathtub modeling’ of flood risk https://news.uci.edu/2024/12/06/scientists-urged-to-pull-the-plug-on-bathtub-modeling-of-flood-risk/

Flooding is Not Like Filling a Bath https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF005164

Information Note for the eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) is now available in the six official languages of the United Nations https://globalplatform.undrr.org/news/information-note-global-platform-2025-now-available-all-six-official-un-languages

Insights into tectonic hazards since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00613-2

Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/climate/world-rivers-flow-mapped/index.html

More flow upstream and less flow downstream: The changing form and function of global rivers https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl5728

Supporting governments and other stakeholders in identifying infrastructure vulnerabilities and implementing resilience-building solutions https://www.undrr.org/resilient-infrastructure/enhance-infrastructure-resilience

Property Flood Resilience – Beyond Resistance https://rainnorthants.co.uk/property-flood-resilience-beyond-resistance/

Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/natural-world-heritage-sites-are-risk-climate-change-globally

Agricultural land near where rivers meet can mitigate floods https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066976

Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/12/12/technique-forecast-where-next-big-quake-will-start

15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly https://theconversation.com/15-of-global-population-lives-within-a-few-miles-of-a-coast-and-the-number-is-growing-rapidly-240672

Future increases in landslide hazard across the high mountains of Asia https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/landslide-hazard-asia

Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: Hydrologists map changing river landscapes across the globe https://www.umass.edu/news/article/floods-insufficient-water-sinking-river-deltas-hydrologists-map-changing-river

A global climatology of sting-jet extratropical cyclones https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/5/1523/2024/

New data shows 6.3 million properties in England in areas at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-agency-publishes-major-update-to-national-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-assessment

Artificial intelligence applied to disasters and crises management https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/artificial-intelligence-applied-disasters-and-crises-management

Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks after this week’s deadly quakes: a seismologist explains https://theconversation.com/why-vanuatu-should-brace-for-even-more-aftershocks-after-this-weeks-deadly-quakes-a-seismologist-explains-246231

No parachute needed: New typhoon observation device demonstrates high accuracy in field test https://phys.org/news/2024-12-parachute-typhoon-device-high-accuracy.html

Morphologic and sedimentological signatures resulting from Hurricane Ian, southwest Florida, USA: Insight into intra-storm bidirectional sediment transport processes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X24005154

Emergency Management

Minors had money to fight their insurer for 19 years over Katrina damage. They finally won https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article296635574.html

Urgent action required to tackle ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar after Typhoon Yagi https://www.ifrc.org/press-release/urgent-action-required-tackle-ongoing-humanitarian-crisis-myanmar-after-typhoon-yagi

90% of Mozambican city of Beira destroyed by Cyclone Idai – Red Cross https://www.africanews.com/2019/03/18/90-percent-of-mozambican-city-of-beira-destroyed-by-cyclone-idai-red-cross/

Australia sends ‘immediate’ search and rescue assistance to Vanuatu following powerful earthquake https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/vanuatu-locals-survey-damage-after-earthquake/104738368

Lahaina Wildfire Family Begins Path to Recovery After Losing Everything https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/lahaina-wildfire-family-begins-path-to-recovery-after-losing-everything/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Community Engagement Theory-Driven Training Program https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924008902

Looking back: PreventionWeb’s 2024 highlights! https://www.preventionweb.net/news/looking-back-preventionwebs-2024-highlights

The Future of Risk Communications is Community Engagement https://www.preventionweb.net/news/future-risk-communications-community-engagement

Disaster psychology

Parts of Australia will hit 45C on Monday. Experts say we need to do more to stay cool https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/parts-of-australia-will-hit-45c-on-monday-experts-say-we-need-to-do-more-to-stay-cool/u3gbpa57k

Sociology and disasters

The rapid rise of social infrastructure: Mapping the concept through a systematic scoping review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275124008229

Returning to our roots: the value of ancestral knowledge in facing future challenges https://www.undrr.org/news/returning-our-roots-value-ancestral-knowledge-facing-future-challenges

Social Connectedness, Social Support, Social Capital and Health https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-97-0821-5_19-1

Today in disaster resilience (6 December 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Record rains and 3 dead as Cyclone Fengal makes landfall over Puducherry, India https://watchers.news/2024/12/01/record-rains-and-3-dead-as-cyclone-fengal-makes-landfall-over-puducherry-india/

Severe floods hit southern Thailand, affecting over 240 000 households https://watchers.news/2024/11/30/severe-floods-hit-southern-thailand-affecting-over-240-000-households/

Steady eruption near Grindavík, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/steady-eruption-near-grindavik-iceland/

Severe thunderstorms hit Rio Grande do Sul, leaving over 3 million without power, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/severe-thunderstorms-hit-rio-grande-do-sul-leaving-over-3-million-without-power-brazil/

Storm Bora hits Greece with powerful winds and heavy rain, leaving at least 3 people dead https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/storm-bora-greece-damage-fatalities-december-2024/

Strong eruption at Bledug Kesongo mud volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/12/03/strong-eruption-at-bledug-kesongo-mud-volcano-indonesia/

Phreatomagmatic eruption at Taal volcano, ashfall reported in Agoncillo and Laurel, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/12/03/phreatomagmatic-eruption-taal-volcano-ashfall-agoncillo-laurel-philippines/

M7.0 earthquake hits near Northern California coast, Tsunami Warning issued for California and Oregon https://watchers.news/2024/12/05/m7-earthquake-northern-california-tsunami-warning-california-oregon-december-2024/

Volcanic activity worldwide 2 Dec 2024: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Canlaon https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/259098/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-2-Dec-2024-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Canlaon-Lew.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

How climate change became a pretext for fascism https://www.salon.com/2024/11/30/how-climate-change-became-a-pretext-for-fascism/

2024 to be a record year for US solar with 32 GW of installations https://electrek.co/2024/11/29/2024-us-solar-with-record-32-gw-of-installations/

The carbon footprints of consumption of goods and services in Sweden at municipal and postcode level and policy interventions https://www.sei.org/publications/carbon-footprints-of-consumption-of-goods-and-services/

Misogyny, authoritarianism, and climate change https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asap.12347

International Court of Justice to begin hearings in landmark climate change case started by Pacific Islander students https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/vanuatu-icj-climate-change-case-pacific-island-students/104657334

Collapse of Earth’s global water circulation system is already happening https://www.earth.com/news/collapse-of-main-atlantic-ocean-circulaton-current-amoc-is-already-happening/

Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/01/could-tenbury-wells-be-the-first-uk-town-centre-abandoned-due-to-climate-change

Striking photos highlight the stark reality of Arctic glacier melt https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435184-300-striking-photos-highlight-the-stark-reality-of-arctic-glacier-melt/

‘We are failing to protect the most vulnerable’ – pregnant women and babies at risk from climate change, researchers warn https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/we-are-failing-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable-pregnant-women-and-babies-at-risk-from-climate-change-researchers-warn/a1796508957.html

The slippery challenge of defining climate adaptation https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/the-slippery-challenge-of-defining-climate-adaptation/

Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/australia-weather-hottest-spring-on-record-temperatures-soar/104673886

Rising sea levels could put Vancouver’s airport underwater https://vancouversun.com/news/rising-sea-levels-could-put-vancouvers-airport-underwater

Climate actions on the neighbourhood level—Individual, collective, cultural, and socio-structural factors https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000424

This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says https://theconversation.com/this-summer-will-likely-be-wetter-and-warmer-for-most-australians-bureau-forecast-says-244520

Climate damage: Australia faces $7 trillion hit to standard of living https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-damage-australia-faces-7-trillion-hit-to-standard-of-living/

Linking glacier retreat with climate change on the Tibetan Plateau through satellite remote sensing https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/5595/2024/

Projections of multiple climate-related coastal hazards for the US Southeast Atlantic https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02180-2

Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/spain-paid-climate-leave-floods

Türkiye’s first Climate Portal launched to accelerate climate action https://www.undp.org/turkiye/press-releases/turkiyes-first-climate-portal-launched-accelerate-climate-action

Early Warnings for All: Empowering All to Climate Action https://wmo.int/media/magazine-article/early-warnings-all-empowering-all-climate-action

The weirdly hyperactive 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/the-weirdly-hyperactive-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-ends/

Facing the new reality of urban wildfires https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-facing-the-new-reality-of-urban-wildfires/

Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01933-3

Disaster risk reduction

Planetary boundaries: Confronting the global crisis of land degradation https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/planetary-boundaries-confronting-global-crisis-land-degradation

An enhanced dynamic-network-based framework for quantifying and enhancing the resilience of disaster response networks to old communities under rainstorm waterlogging https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724030846

Extreme weather has battered Australia’s eastern states this week. Here’s what’s causing it https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/extreme-weather-has-battered-australias-eastern-states-whats-causing-it/bxgkp7qvg

Predicting Flood Inundation after a Dike Breach Using a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Network https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/11/9/152

Mantle flow in subduction systems and its effects on surface tectonics and magmatism https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00612-3

World Drought Atlas https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/world-drought-atlas

Vulnerability evolution of critical infrastructures: A multidimensional environment-integrated system dynamics analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0951832024007907

Emergency Management

Exploring the Effects of Floods in Pakistan: Pre/Post Flood Analysis 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007945

Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grouse-complex-wildfires-report-1.7397912

Estimating displacement risk using data-driven approaches https://story.internal-displacement.org/estimating-displacement-risk-using-data-driven-approaches-flood-and-drought-displacement-risk-in-the-horn-of-africa/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Conspiracy! Why lack of capacity will make one believe just about anything about disasters… https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/conspiracy-why-lack-capacity-will-make-one-believe-just-about-anything-about

Dam Fine Ideas. An animated film about the impact on nature by man-made structures on British rivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0y5kK2Vyzk

Using geoinformation for anticipatory action frameworks: a technical training workshop in Pakistan https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/using-geoinformation-for-anticipatory-action-frameworks-a-technical-training-workshop-in-pakistan

Disaster psychology

Understanding protest intentions: The influence of belief systems post-earthquake tragedies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007933

Determining the threshold of issuing flash flood warnings based on people’s response process simulation https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/5229/2024/

Sociology and disasters

Local Social Capital, Disaster Housing Damage, and Mental Health: Insights from Hurricane Harvey https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21568693241290307

The role of community leadership in building community adaptive capacity to coastal hazards – Insights from neighborhood networks in Semarang, Indonesia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124002971

Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-inequality-and-social-capital-9781802202366.html

Filipino PWDs struggle more in disaster recovery and preparedness https://hhi.harvard.edu/blog/filipino-pwds-struggle-more-disaster-recovery-and-preparedness

Today in disaster resilience (29 November 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

A body has been found in Wales during widespread flooding, as disruption from Storm Bert continues in many parts of the UK https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7mnnmg038o

Four dead across U.S. West Coast as atmospheric river brings record rains and 20 landslides in California https://watchers.news/2024/11/24/four-dead-across-u-s-west-coast-as-atmospheric-river-brings-record-rains-and-20-landslides-in-california/

5 350 aftershocks recorded in Cuba following damaging M6.8 quake on November 10 https://watchers.news/2024/11/23/5-350-aftershocks-recorded-in-cuba-following-damaging-m6-8-quake-on-november-10/

5 000 vehicles stranded, 36 injured as Storm Caetano hits France https://watchers.news/2024/11/23/5000-vehicles-stranded-36-injured-storm-caetano-france/

Iceland deploys water cannons to fight lava, Reykjanes Peninsula https://watchers.news/2024/11/24/iceland-deploys-water-cannons-to-fight-lava-reykjanes-peninsula-iceland/

Heavy rains cause severe flooding and landslides in La Paz, Bolivia https://watchers.news/2024/11/27/heavy-rains-cause-severe-flooding-and-landslides-in-la-paz-bolivia/

Cervantes bushfire impacts evacuation routes, Western Australia https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/cervantes-bushfire-impacts-evacuation-routes-western-australia/

Landslides bury 40 homes in six villages, claim at least 13 lives in Bulambuli, Uganda https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/bulambuli-landslide-uganda-november-2024/

Buildings damaged, train services suspended after M6.4 earthquake hits Noto Peninsula, Japan https://watchers.news/2024/11/27/buildings-damaged-train-services-suspended-m6-4-earthquake-noto-ishikawa-japan/

Volcanic activity worldwide 27 Nov 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/258790/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-27-Nov-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

Golok River reaches highest level since 1997, displacing over 71 000 across northern Malaysia https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/golok-river-reaches-highest-level-since-1997-displacing-over-71-000-across-northern-malaysia/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

“At best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster”: PIK assessment on COP29 closing https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/at-best-the-avoidance-of-a-diplomatic-disaster-pik-assessment-on-cop29-closing

Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53645-z

Rooftop solar and EVs will dominate our grids: How do we reform the energy system around them? https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-and-evs-will-dominate-our-grids-how-do-we-reform-the-energy-system-around-them/

How unusual is current post-El Niño warmth? https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/how-unusual-is-current-post-el-nino

Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455715-humanity-has-warmed-the-planet-by-1-5c-since-1700/

Anthropogenic climate change doubled the frequency of compound drought and heatwaves in low-income regions https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01894-7

Six Strategies to Safeguard Tourism and Health Systems from Climate Change https://blogs.adb.org/blog/six-strategies-safeguard-tourism-and-health-systems-climate-change

Human-caused ocean warming intensified recent hurricanes, including all 11 Atlantic hurricanes in 2024 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/human-caused-ocean-warming-intensified-recent-hurricanes-including-all-11-atlantic-hurricanes-in-2024/

Challenging future projected for children in 2050 due to climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/news/challenging-future-projected-children-2050-world-transformed-extreme-climate-crises-population

COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’ https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157416

Public demand for carbon capture and storage varies with information, development magnitude and prior familiarity https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01900-y

Albanese government says Australia on target to reduce emissions – but campaigners say they could do more https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/27/albanese-government-says-australia-on-target-to-reduce-emissions-but-campaigners-say-they-could-do-more

Sydney risks blackouts as heat soars and coal power plants falter https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/sydney-risks-blackouts-as-heat-soars-and-coal-power-plants-falter-20241127-p5ktvv.html

China’s CO2 emissions have peaked or will in 2025, say 44% of experts in survey https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/27/chinas-co2-emissions-have-peaked-or-will-in-2025-say-44-of-experts-in-survey

South-west France swelters in ‘staggering’ 26.9C November night heat https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/28/south-west-france-sweltered-in-269c-november-night-time-heat

The impacts of heat on health: surveillance and preparedness in Europe https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/the-impacts-of-heat-on-health

Disaster risk reduction

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) is the roadmap for how we make our communities safer and more resilient https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework

Harnessing Real-Time Flood Intelligence for Community Resilience https://ww2.floodmapp.com/harnessing-real-time-flood-intelligence-gate

How Can Government Build Resilience in the Face of Crises? https://www.hstoday.us/featured/how-can-government-build-resilience-in-the-face-of-crises/

On the importance of discharge observation uncertainty when interpreting hydrological model performance https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/5011/2024/

Why Social-Ecological-Technological Systematic Perspective Can Enhance Urban Flood Resilience? A Literature Review https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-1949-5_97

Australia’s high-risk weather season is here, with several ‘unusual’ predictions https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-high-risk-weather-season-is-here-with-several-unusual-predictions/1ddkzw0p6

Emergency Management

DLDT: A new disaster losses anddamages tracking system https://www.undrr.org/building-risk-knowledge/disaster-losses-and-damages-tracking-system-dldt

Firefighters injured, Cervantes residents told to evacuate in emergency bushfire north of Perth https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/wa-firefighters-injured-in-wedge-island-bushfire/104655884

Inclusive Response: Strengthening Emergency Management Through DEI https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2024/11/27/inclusive-response-strengthening-emergency-management-through-dei/

‘Well primed for bushfires’: Australia facing heightened risk across several areas, authorities say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/28/australia-bushfire-risk-summer-bom

Hurricane Beryl: Record parametric payouts underline the evolution of CCRIF’s role in the Caribbean https://www.disasterprotection.org/blogs/hurricane-beryl-record-parametric-payouts-underline-the-evolution-of-ccrifs-role-in-the-caribbean

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Worst natural disasters of our lifetime https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/25/tsunami-race-against-time-review-a-gripping-moving-look-at-the-worst-natural-disaster-of-our-lifetimes

Disaster psychology

Strengthening the relationship between community resilience and health emergency communication: a systematic review https://bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s44263-024-00112-y

How disasters make violence against women worse – and what we can do about it https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-disasters-make-violence-against-women-worse-and-what-we-can-do-about-it

Sociology and disasters

An enhanced dynamic-network-based framework for quantifying and enhancing the resilience of disaster response networks to old communities under rainstorm waterlogging

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724030846

Factors influencing women’s participation in disaster recovery after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2422353

The ‘Butterfly Effect’: Identifying pathways for sustainability transformation through social processes of disaster resilience https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-sustainability/article/butterfly-effect-identifying-pathways-for-sustainability-transformation-through-social-processes-of-disaster-resilience/79318ADA698334A4F55E26F3C6502CBE

Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781800882201/9781800882201.xml

Today in disaster resilience (22 November 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Super Typhoon “Man-Yi” — fourth typhoon to strike Philippines in 10 days makes second landfall over Aurora https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/super-typhoon-man-yi-fourth-typhoon-to-strike-philippines-in-10-days-makes-second-landfall-over-aurora/

Tropical Storm “Sara” floods Honduras, makes landfall over Belize https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/tropical-storm-sara-floods-honduras-makes-landfall-over-belize/

Coastal storm causes sixth house collapse of the year in Rodanthe Village, North Carolina https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/coastal-storm-sixth-house-collapse-rodanthe-north-carolina/

Typhoon Man-yi death toll rises in Philippines as major clean-up gets underway https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/typhoon-man-yi-death-toll-rises-as-philippines-clean-up-begins/104616464

160 deaths recorded in three weeks as six typhoons batter the Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/11/18/160-deaths-recorded-in-three-weeks-as-six-typhoons-batter-the-philippines/

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/bomb-cyclone-pacific-northwest-november-2024-aftermath/

Israel sets a new all-time rainfall record in just 4 hours https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/israel-sets-a-new-all-time-rainfall-record-in-just-4-hours/

Lava destroys Blue Lagoon parking lot in latest eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/lava-destroys-blue-lagoon-parking-iceland-november-2024/

Landslide claims 4 lives in Central Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/landslide-claims-4-lives-in-central-java-indonesia/

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/bomb-cyclone-pacific-northwest-november-2024-aftermath/

Grindavík evacuated as new volcanic eruption begins on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/svartsengi-iceland-volcano-eruption-november-2024/

Deadly landslide strikes Rize, leaving one dead and three injured, Turkey https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/deadly-landslide-strikes-rize-leaving-one-dead-and-three-injured-turkey/

Indonesia prepares for peak rainy season as natural disasters claim 381 lives in 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/indonesia-prepares-for-peak-rainy-season-as-natural-disasters-claim-381-lives-in-2024/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Nov 2024: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/258271/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Nov-2024-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Lew.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to-invest-125m-in-pacific-island-off-grid-and-community-scale-renewables/

Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle? https://e360.yale.edu/features/east-coast-hydrogen-hub

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/athanasiou-interview-climate-justice/

The Amazon is teetering on the edge of a climate tipping point https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453873-the-amazon-is-teetering-on-the-edge-of-a-climate-tipping-point/

Melting glaciers leave homes teetering in valley of jagged mountains https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgly8y1j12o

Artificial intelligence reveals past climate extremes by reconstructing historical records https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53464-2

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south https://theconversation.com/meltwater-from-greenland-and-the-arctic-is-weakening-ocean-circulation-speeding-up-warming-down-south-238302

World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-world-temperature-target

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-to-blame-for-dozens-of-impossible-heatwaves-studies-reveal

South America is becoming warmer, drier, and more flammable https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01654-7

The cost of inaction: Quantifying the impact of climate change on health in low- and middle-income countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/cost-inaction-quantifying-impact-climate-change-health-low-and-middle-income-countries

Study Finds Humidity Diminishes Daytime Cooling Gains in Urban Green Spaces https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/study-finds-humidity-diminishes-daytime-cooling-gains-urban-green-spaces

Projected increase in the frequency of extremely active Atlantic hurricane seasons https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq7856

Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157096

To Cope with Extreme Heat, Paris Will Swap Parking Spaces for Trees https://e360.yale.edu/digest/paris-trees-parking-spaces

When Rome’s fountains run dry https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/when-romes-fountains-run-dry/

Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/paris-agreement-is-working-australian-minister-tells-cop29-but-much-deeper-cuts-needed-by-2035

“Quiet revolution:” Wind and solar slash electricity emissions by 40 pct in just 10 years https://reneweconomy.com.au/quiet-revolution-wind-and-solar-slash-electricity-emissions-by-40-pct-in-just-10-years/

Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08326-8

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage https://theconversation.com/americans-face-an-insurability-crisis-as-climate-change-worsens-disasters-a-look-at-how-insurance-companies-set-rates-and-coverage-241772

The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-the-evolving-science-of-extreme-weather-attribution/

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html

Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities https://www.unicef.org/eca/press-releases/challenging-future-projected-children-2050-world-transformed-extreme-climate-crises

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins $97,000 Baillie Gifford Prize but declines prize money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/richard-flanagan-baillie-gifford-prize-for-non-fiction/104623462

What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures? https://e360.yale.edu/features/gavin-schmidt-interview

Water is an integral part of the global climate agenda https://wmo.int/media/news/water-integral-part-of-global-climate-agenda

Heat stress and the labour force https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00606-1

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-pollution-carbon-dioxide-rising-worsening-df9814ea7e39dd214fd3042f299af914

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-ecology-aoe

It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire https://www.vox.com/climate/384323/drought-new-york-east-coast-wildfires-water

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Climate Resilience Addendum https://mcr2030.undrr.org/climate-resilience-scorecard

Disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/disaster-risk-reduction-disaster-risk-management

A Study On Landslide Events In The Western Ghats: Assessing Causes, Impacts, And Strategies For Building Resilience https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385907260_A_Study_On_Landslide_Events_In_The_Western_Ghats_Assessing_Causes_Impacts_And_Strategies_For_Building_Resilience

Building a resilient future: How GRMI seeks to champion children’s charter for disaster risk reduction in Nigeria https://medium.com/@geohazardmaps/rising-above-the-flood-how-kogis-youth-and-childrens-charter-for-disaster-risk-reduction-are-a1b25ce9d1e6

Hydromet Services and Early Warning Systems https://www.gfdrr.org/en/hydromet-services-and-early-warning-systems

Perspective Chapter: Socio-Economic Impacts of Earthquakes – A Survey of the Planning Literature https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/1206491

Challenges and opportunities of ML and explainable AI in large-sample hydrology https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7659/

Tracking global floodplain urban growth https://www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2024.100086

Emergency management

Implementing Early Warnings for All in Caribbean Nations: Technical Pathways and Development Opportunities https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/implementing-early-warnings-for-all-in-caribbean-nations-technical-pathways-and-development-opportunities/

Florida’s Largest Insurer Not Paying Out Majority of Claims—Ratings Agency https://www.newsweek.com/largest-florida-insurer-rejects-most-claims-says-ratings-agency-1988783

The Staggering Success of Vaccines https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-how-many-lives-vaccines-have-saved-around-the-world/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Engaging older people with climate change – a largely forgotten but key demographic https://climateoutreach.org/engaging-older-people/

Knowledge, urgency and agency: reflections on climate change education course outcomes https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2023.2296359

Disaster psychology

What Affects Citizens’ Perception of Public Infrastructure Decision-Making in a Disaster Setting? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15309576.2024.2426987

Anxiety and demand for living conditions in the aftermath of disaster https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007568

Extreme weather events, food shopping behavior, and card spending https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jaa2.140

Sociology and disasters

A City of Two Tales [Part 1]: A Quantitative Analysis of Vulnerability, Connectedness, and Resilience in Cloverdale, CA https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007131

Factors influencing women’s participation in disaster recovery after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2422353#abstract

Experiences of Immigrants During Disasters in the US: A Systematic Literature Review https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-024-01649-8

Applied Social Network Analysis – Online Course https://statisticalhorizons.com/seminars/applied-social-network-analysis/ Eco-Esteem and Depopulation: Broadening the Perspective on the Demographic Challenge in the Rural World https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12575