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Breakthrough tool - the first to consider uncertainty in climate predictions when making seasonal wildfire forecasts in western US - can calculate outbreak risks within minutes, months in advance.

It may seem that climate change can take a back seat to other concerns. But recent research from Swiss Re Institute shows it should remain top of mind – and that we must take urgent action to manage the impacts of higher temperatures

The Queensland (Australia) 2023-24 State Recovery and Resilience Plan (the Plan) covers 13 disaster events and captures the diversity, breadth and extent of disasters for the entire season.

Stretches of river that had beaver dams fared better in three fearsome Colorado fires in 2020. People charged with repairing wildfire damage are taking heed.

Climate change poses increasing and severe risks to tourism businesses. Beach holidays are threatened by rising sea levels, ski resorts can no longer depend on snowfall and some tourism businesses risk becoming uninsurable.

This case study shows how UNICEF, the Government of Madagascar and civil society are working together to pilot a ground-breaking, innovative finance solution that includes a child-responsive, parametric risk transfer product for tropical cyclones.

This study aimed to investigate the status of disaster risk reduction for coastal communities in South Korea by looking at government practices and testimonies from residents.

The article presents a historical review of the direct effects of tropical cyclones on society in Nicaragua from 1852 to 2020 and analyzes the statistical probabilities of future hurricane-spawned high winds over Nicaragua.