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Nature based solutions to natural hazard destructions appears to be economically more beneficial than any other solution, says author Roger S. Pulwarty.
01.02.2023
Our global “new normal” appears to be a return to solving for basics – food, energy, security – problems our global systems were thought to be on a trajectory to solve. How did we get here – and how can we move forward?
18.01.2023
COP27 agreement commits to 'loss and damage' funding for countries affected by climate-related disasters.
24.11.2022
The 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress being made in reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, and health.
13.10.2022
Launching a series of perspectives on the forthcoming COP27, we take a look at some of the main issues for debate.
11.10.2022
The accumulation of global financial losses is increasing in governmental, public and private sectors as a result of disasters. While these impacts are felt by economies at all income levels, vulnerable groups bear a disproportionate burden of the financial shocks of disasters.
04.08.2022
As climate change accelerates the devastation of disaster in populated environments, government leaders across the world are figuring out how to best mitigate these impacts before they happen. First, they must assess who the most vulnerable groups are in their population.
02.08.2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine has global consequences of concern to all of the ISC's Members.
06.04.2022
10 March 2022 – The systemic and uncertain risks facing the world today can have cascading impacts across systems and sectors, and an integrated perspective that incorporates the inherently complex nature of climate-related hazards, vulnerability, exposure and impacts, is needed to better understand and respond to systemic risk, according to a new briefing note published today by the International Science Council (ISC), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Risk Knowledge Action Network (Risk KAN).
10.03.2022
The January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami in Tonga was a 'textbook' example of complex, cascading and compounding risks. In this long-read blog, Bapon Fakhruddin and Emma Singh discuss the lessons learned for disaster risk response.
14.02.2022
