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More severe flooding and erosion, more intense storms, rising seas, increased salinization, and higher storm surges are some of the new realities around the world that make coastal areas particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts.

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In this study, the authors explore the potentials and shortcomings of national laws in managing flood risk and increasing flood resilience in the context of climate change. They analyze 139 laws from 33 countries collected from the Climate Change Laws of

This guide outlines the steps and tools needed to develop impact-based forecasting: from understanding risk to producing, issuing and verifying fit for purpose impact-based forecasts and warnings. Designed with, and for, people working in impact-based

The GIDRM has been supporting the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG) in the Philippines to harmonize climate and disaster risk assessment (CDRA) method-ologies. Using this entry point of agenda coherence, the GIDRM aims to support

This study examines people’s experiences in post-disaster resettlement in the Philippines, focusing on the 1991 eruption and subsequent lahars of Mt. Pinatubo, the 2006 Mt. Mayon eruption, Typhoon Sendong in 2011 and Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.

Urban infrastructures are critical, highly interconnected, and interdependent systems of services that physically tie metropolitan areas, communities, and neighbourhoods together. When such highly inter-related systems are affected by a disaster

The Philippines is considered one of the most hazard-exposed countries in the world. The country’s people and economy are especially vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards due to their dependency on climate-reliant activities such as agriculture and

In this study, the authors investigated how people in urban areas across the Philippines are affected by heat, using data from 1161 responses obtained through an online survey. The research found that almost all respondents (91%) are already experiencing