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Strong waves overrun the seawall in Havana, Cuba, resulting in heavy flooding in the city
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Disasters cause massive disruptions, poverty and migration. Learning from COVID-19, a new generation of social welfare programs will help the poorest better cope with extreme weather events.

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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The Trump Administration has dismissed the scientists working on the country's flagship climate report, a move that threatens to curtail climate science and make information about global warming less available to the public.

NPR
Hurricane, tornado from space
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Weather forecasts powered by artificial intelligence are usually more accurate - and require less computational energy and fewer human hours - than conventional predictions.

Yale Environment 360
Empty pier in Varadero, Cuba and a lighthouse in the background.
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In the third and final episode of this season of Counter Crisis, we turn to the Caribbean — a region on the frontlines of the climate crisis — to explore what a faster, smarter disaster response could look like.

Centre for Disaster Protection
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Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached USD 137 billion in 2024.

Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)
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Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi farmers are being trained to farm on soils getting saltier due to climate change.

Context
Bangkok residents navigate heavy floods by boat
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A new paper from Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) presents a roadmap for how governments, insurers, and communities can work together to meet the growing challenges posed by extreme weather and natural catastrophes.

Zurich Insurance Group Limited
Bangkok residents wade floods after heavy rains left the city inundated
Research briefs

A new study shows that experiencing repeated disasters leads to more severe and sustained effects on mental health compared to experiencing a single disaster.

Conversation Media Group, the

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