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

Recent emergencies/disasters

At least 1 fatality, multiple landslides after M6.1 earthquake near Lima, Peru https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/m6-1-earthquake-lima-peru-damage-casualties-june-15-2025/

Floods claim 19 lives in Kinshasa, DR Congo https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/floods-claim-19-lives-kinshasa-dr-congo-june-2025/

Dalila brings widespread flooding and damage, prompting emergency response in Mexico https://watchers.news/2025/06/16/dalila-flooding-damage-emergency-response-mexico/

Severe storms kill six in Wheeling, West Virginia https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/severe-storms-kill-three-wheeling-west-virginia/

Maui County declares emergency as wildfire forces evacuations in Kahikinui, Hawaii https://watchers.news/2025/06/16/maui-emergency-wildfire-evacuations-kahikinui-hawaii/

Severe floods, tornadoes and large hail strike northern Italy, causing widespread damage https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/floods-tornadoes-hail-northern-italy-damage/

Van swept away in Botad flash flood, leaving 2 dead and 5 missing amid intense monsoon rains in Gujarat https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/van-swept-away-botad-flash-flood-leaving-2-dead-5-missing-amid-intense-monsoon-rains-gujarat/

77 killed, over 100 missing after severe storms capsize boats and cause flash floods in DR Congo https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/severe-storms-capsize-boats-cause-flash-floods-dr-congo-77-killed-100-missing/

Large wildfire prompts evacuations in Marathon, Attica, Greece https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/wildfire-evacuations-marathon-attica-greece-june-2025/

Major eruption at Lewotobi Laki-laki sends ash up to 16 km (53 000 feet) above sea level, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/major-eruption-lewotobi-laki-laki-ash-to-16-km-indonesia/

Water levels in Huaiji, Guangdong reaches highest on record, prompting Level I emergency https://watchers.news/2025/06/18/huaiji-guangdong-record-flood-level-prompts-level-1-emergency/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Jun 2025: Etna volcano, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/273818/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Jun-2025-Etna-volcano-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-R.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

7 Things to Know About Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration https://www.wri.org/insights/carbon-capture-technology

EU has no plan for rising climate-related deaths, scientists warn https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-climate-crisis-health-strategy-ngo-temperature-global-warming-disease-dengue-vaccine/

Flood maps don’t account for the real risk of climate change, Brisbane engineer warns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-16/qld-climate-change-flash-flooding-brisbane-rainfall-and-runoff/105359210

Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change? https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5400642/affordable-housing-environment-vienna-climate-change

Extreme Heat Is Hitting Women in Ghana Hard https://earth.org/extreme-heat-is-hitting-women-in-ghana-hard/

Estimating the effects of temperature on mortality and hospitalisations under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 scenarios in the short- and long-term by region in Chile: a population-based, modelling study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(25)00161-9/fulltext

Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/public-money-green-loans-climate-finance

Scientists looked back in time to find the first signs of human-caused global warming. It’s far earlier than previously thought https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/16/climate/global-warming-detection-study

Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events

Who will pay for climate change? You will, until we break the fossil-fuel addiction https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5348898-3rd-slug-oil-industry-liability-climate-change/

“Cakes of coal, volumes of gas:” Australia accused of being climate wrecker as it seeks to host COP31 https://reneweconomy.com.au/cakes-of-coal-volumes-of-gas-australia-accused-of-being-climate-wrecker-as-it-seeks-to-host-cop31/

Climate change is fueling early-season heat scorching Spain https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/spain-june-2025

The silent killer: We need better risk governance to beat extreme heat | GP 2025 https://globalplatform.undrr.org/news/silent-killer-we-need-better-risk-governance-beat-extreme-heat-gp-2025

Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory https://grist.org/extreme-heat/alaska-just-hit-a-climate-milestone-its-first-heat-advisory/

Rising heat levels mean increased risks for women in informal settlements https://www.iied.org/rising-heat-levels-mean-increased-risks-for-women-informal-settlements

Climate 101: An interactive dictionary about climate change https://static.uncclearn.org/Net_Zero_101/Interactive/

Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking – and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/19/planets-reflective-cloud-coverage-is-shrinking-and-amplifying-the-climate-crisis-research-finds

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/climate-misinformation-turning-crisis-into-catastrophe-ipie-report

AMI, State and NZI 2025 climate poll: New Zealand at climate change crossroads https://www.iag.co.nz/newsroom/news-releases/climate-change-poll-2025

Sunny outlook: Major survey shows most near neighbours like solar farms, and want more https://reneweconomy.com.au/sunny-outlook-major-survey-shows-most-near-neighbours-like-solar-farms-and-want-more/

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/only-two-years-left-of-world-carbon-budget-to-meet-15c-target-scientists-warn-climate-crisis

Disaster risk reduction

Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) online reference https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-glossary/hips

Disparities of urban morphology effects on compound natural risks: a multiscale study across the USA https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-025-00233-9

Scientists discover concerning new phenomenon that may impact the intensity of hurricanes: ‘Might get stronger’ https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/shorter-cold-wakes-tropical-cyclones-recovery/

WA government steadfast on prescribed burns despite mass tingle tree felling https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-16/wa-govt-defends-prescribed-burns-after-tingle-trees-damaged/105414958

Why Northern Europe should prepare for severe wildfires https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/news/why-northern-europe-should-prepare-severe-wildfires

Researchers simulate earthquakes to stress test a 3D-printed concrete house https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/june/earthquake-simulation.html

China launches satellite for disaster monitoring https://www.preventionweb.net/news/china-launches-satellite-disaster-monitoring

Systemic risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/systemic-risk

Journal of Risk Research, Volume 28, Issue 1 (2025) https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjrr20/current

First Earth Fire Alliance satellite for detecting wildfires is now in orbit https://newatlas.com/environment/google-firesat-satellite-wildfires-orbit/

Creating climate risk assessments for national-level water-related hazards https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/creating-climate-risk-assessments-national-level-water-related-hazards

Inside Volcanic Clouds: Where Tephra Goes and Why It Matters https://eos.org/editors-vox/inside-volcanic-clouds-where-tephra-goes-and-why-it-matters

Mogadishu’s Flood Dilemma: How a Rehabilitated Pond Became a Model for Urban Resilience https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/06/16/mogadishu-afe-flood-dilemma-how-a-rehabilitated-pond-became-a-model-for-urban-resilience

Taking the wind out of dangerous cyclones https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/taking-the-wind-out-of-dangerous-cyclones

Flood Defence Gets £7.9bn Investment in UK Infrastructure Push https://www.unda.co.uk/news/flood-defence-gets-7-9bn-investment-in-uk-infrastructure-push/

Emergency Management

An Avondale ‘resilience hub’ will help people deal with the effects of climate change https://www.wvxu.org/environment/2025-06-11/avondale-resilience-hub-climate-change

Government emergency budgeting and disaster impact: Evidence from China https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/padm.13036

Australian researchers prove world-leading flood sensing technology https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/news/australian-researchers-prove-world-leading-flood-sensing-technology

What can we learn about crisis management in the polycrisis era? Insights from Finland’s international public policy network https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijpsm-06-2024-0191/full/html

China’s Yunnan province was struck at the start of June by devastating flooding that impacted nearly 5,000 residents and trapped more than 600 tourists https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-impacted-torrential-rains-trigger-111536636.html

What happens when wildfire season coincides with threats to federal emergency support? https://fox59.com/news/national-world/what-happens-when-wildfire-season-coincides-with-threats-to-federal-emergency-support/

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Beyond barriers: best practice tips for translating emergency information https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/beyond-barriers-best-practice-tips-translating-emergency-information

The CONVERGE Training Modules incorporate an all-hazards approach grounded in cutting edge research from the social sciences, public health, engineering, and other disciplines https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/

Earth’s Clouds on the Move https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154443/earths-clouds-on-the-move

An 8 lesson education package for KS3 students, exploring weather, climate, influencing factors and climate change https://thefloodhub.co.uk/ks3-weather-and-climate-lessons/

Helping communities across West and North Northamptonshire become more flood resilient https://rainnorthants.co.uk/rain-project-update-june25/

Disaster psychology

The roles of companion animals in the relationship between disaster risk perception and willingness to evacuate https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-025-00648-z

Sociology and disasters

Enhancing the wellbeing of refugees living with advanced life-limiting illness in high-income resettlement countries: A systematic review https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02692163251338583

Governing Cultural Heritage in Time of Crises: Case Study—Borobudur, Indonesia https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-81093-0_8

Local and indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction: Analysing multi-hazard housing reconstruction strategies in the Philippines https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392655237_Local_and_indigenous_knowledge_in_disaster_risk_reduction_Analysing_multi-hazard_housing_reconstruction_strategies_in_the_Philippines

Gender inequality https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/sendai-framework-action/gender

Indigenous knowledge of the Lom Tribe on Bangka Island in disaster mitigation https://ejournal.umm.ac.id/index.php/JICC/article/view/39985/16299

Human development without incorporating resilience is no longer an option, warns UNDP https://www.undp.org/jamaica/press-releases/human-development-without-incorporating-resilience-no-longer-option-warns-undp

Disaster risk reduction policies and perceived community resilience in rural ethnic minority communities in China https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04913-w

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

United Nations Ocean Conference: Indigenous peoples and local communities dialogue in the framework of the Ocean Decade https://www.spc.int/updates/blog/2025/06/united-nations-ocean-conference-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities

Fostering Antifragility: What Policymakers Should Know About Individual Resilience in Romania https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/6/236

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

At least 49 dead, over 700 000 affected as floods continue across Bolivia https://watchers.news/2025/03/25/at-least-49-dead-over-700-000-affected-as-floods-continue-across-bolivia/

Intense thunderstorms hit Odisha, India, leaving 2 dead, 67 injured and over 600 homes damaged https://watchers.news/2025/03/24/intense-thunderstorms-hit-odisha-india-leaving-2-dead-67-injured-and-over-600-homes-damaged/

Wildfires in South Korea kill dozens of people and force thousands to flee their homes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/wildfires-in-south-korea-force-thousands-to-flee-their-homes/105098660

Furthest town from sea drenched after record rain https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/weather/2025/03/26/central-queensland-floods-rain

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Mar 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/267852/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Mar-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Re.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Amplified global heating risk due to climate and carbon cycle feedbacks https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/amplified-global-heating-risk-due-to-climate-and-carbon-cycle-feedbacks

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595

Guardian updates style: Climate change now ‘climate emergency, crisis or breakdown’ https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/444327-guardian-updates-style-climate-change-now-climate-emergency-crisis/

Climate change making heart disease worse among Australians https://www.dw.com/en/climate-change-making-heart-disease-worse-among-australians/a-72021656

Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb6be

Beijing records earliest 30°C (86°F) day in 66 years https://watchers.news/2025/03/24/beijing-records-earliest-30c-86f-day-in-66-years/

“Switzerland’s glaciers could vanish completely by 2100” https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/03/switzerlands-glacier-could-vanish-completely-by-2100.html

Climate-related heatwaves pushed up energy sector emissions in 2024, despite record wind and solar https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-related-heatwaves-pushed-up-energy-sector-emissions-in-2024-despite-record-wind-and-solar/

Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/christians-legal-action-climate-crisis-handbook-protect-planet

A Primer On Sea Level Rise https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/24/a-primer-on-sea-level-rise/

Video: Climate Spiral (1880-2022) https://science.nasa.gov/resource/video-climate-spiral-1880-2022/

Why aren’t we discussing the world’s hottest topic? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/mar/22/why-arent-we-discussing-the-worlds-hottest-topic

Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/26/tackling-climate-crisis-will-increase-economic-growth-oecd-research-finds

Study shows rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent https://apnews.com/article/atmospheric-river-downpours-california-climate-change-9e8f5608b7bed13a89ce00c7ee354dc1

The silent toll of extreme heat on child growth in Bangladesh https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/endpovertyinsouthasia/the-silent-toll-of-extreme-heat-on-child-growth-in-bangladesh

Australia: Long-range forecast overview http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/overview/summary

92.5% of New Power Capacity Added Worldwide in 2024 Was from Renewables https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/26/92-5-of-new-power-capacity-added-worldwide-in-2024-was-from-renewables/

Earth losing freshwater and may have hit irreversible tipping point due to climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-28/earths-big-dry-out-freshwater-loss-irreversible-climate-change/105100272

UK greenhouse gases fall again – as renewable electricity hits 50% for the first time https://news.sky.com/story/uk-greenhouse-gases-fall-again-as-renewable-electricity-hits-50-for-the-first-time-13336741

Do we finally understand what caused record heat in 2023 and 2024? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471676-do-we-finally-understand-what-caused-record-heat-in-2023-and-2024/

Extreme heat, hospital crowding, and the hidden health costs of climate change https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/extreme-heat-hospital-crowding-and-hidden-health-costs-climate-change

World Bank and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Highlight Ways to Strengthen Resilience amid Rising Heat Crisis https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/03/26/world-bank-and-bangkok-metropolitan-administration-highlight-ways-to-strengthen-resilience-amid-rising-heat-crisis

Climate change is reshaping the Kyrgyz Republic, finds new UNEP Atlas https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/climate-change-reshaping-kyrgyz-republic-finds-new-unep-atlas

Wildfires across Japan and South Korea fueled by climate change https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/japan-march-2025

Disaster risk reduction

Integrating Lessons and Shaping Future Pathways in Disaster and Risk Management in South Asia https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-77189-7_16

All hazards are multihazards, few of them are natural https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-025-00071-w

With NOAA Cuts, a Proud Legacy and Vital Science Are at Risk https://e360.yale.edu/features/adam-sobel-noaa-opinion

World Met Day ‘an important reminder’ of the need to invest in early warning https://www.climatecentre.org/15197/world-met-day-an-important-reminder-of-the-need-to-invest-in-early-warning/

A Colorado couple invested in wildfire protection for their home. It paid off https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/a-colorado-couple-invested-in-wildfire-protection-for-their-home-it-paid-off/

EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-preparedness-union-strategy-prevent-and-react-emerging-threats-and-crises-2025-03-26_en

Major disaster in the US declared every four days in 2024, IIED analysis shows https://www.iied.org/major-disaster-us-declared-every-four-days-2024-iied-analysis-shows

Fostering community resilience: A lifeline for the Central African Republic https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/fostering-community-resilience-a-lifeline-for-the-central-african-republic

Emergency Management

COVID-19 impacts on emergency responder resilience in Bergen and London https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12683

Why empirical data are important in wildfire management https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/news/why-empirical-data-are-important-wildfire-management

Three ways President Trump can improve FEMA’s disaster response https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025/03/25/three-ways-president-trump-can-improve-femas-disaster-response-column/

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Combatting Disinformation – How Do We Create Resilient Societies? Literature Review and Analytical Framework https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41125-025-00105-4

The Pyropolis wildfire management serious game: development of an integrated fire management strategy in Cyprus https://eufarmbook.eu/en/contributions/671b4843bbe71983a0215404

Citizen science seismometers could revolutionise earthquake monitoring, new research shows https://www.naturalhazards.govt.nz/news/citizen-science-seismometers-could-revolutionise-earthquake-monitoring-new-research-shows/

Disaster psychology

Strengthening your emotional well-being ahead of a flood https://www.apa.org/topics/disasters-response/flood-preparation

Sociology and disasters

State, Market, or Community? Exploring Public Perceptions of Disaster Management Strategies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592125000423

How robust social infrastructure can save lives today — and tomorrow https://medium.com/reimagining-the-civic-commons/how-robust-social-infrastructure-can-save-lives-today-and-tomorrow-ec0e0dda9584

Collective actions and crisis adaptation of a rural tourism community https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09669582.2025.2480848