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Members of Baduy community must strictly follow the pikukuh when constructing a house.

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31 March 2023

The Loss and Damage Fund: How can Indonesia use it to boost climate adaptation efforts

Climate finance was at the centre of COP27 in Egypt last year. For many, the highlight was the agreement to establish a fund to assist developing countries in responding to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.

Conversation Media Group, the

Catamaran resting on resting on a residential neighborhood street after Hurricane Ian

Research briefs

31 March 2023

New UNC study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence using novel modeling approach that evaluates risk of mortgage default and property abandonment

Generally, post-disaster damage assessments focus on insured and uninsured losses, but these numbers do not account for the secondary impacts to households, lenders, local governments and other stakeholders who may also share in the financial consequence.

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Documents and publications

31 March 2023

Compendium of multi-hazard early warning cooperation

This compendium of multi-hazard early warning cooperation identifies county-specific challenges and note good practices cooperation arrangements to strengthen forecasting capabilities, early warning coverage, and systems to act on them.

Satellite image of Hurrican Ian heading towards Florida, USA.

Research briefs

30 March 2023

Back-to-back hurricanes could become common by 2100

New research shows back-to-back hurricanes could strike the United States every few years by 2100.

Earth Observatory of Singapore - Nanyang Technological University

SRSG Mami Mizutori addressing the UN Water Conference, March 2023

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31 March 2023

Water-related risks in focus at UN Water Conference

At the UN Water Conference, UNDRR calls for transformative water action to address water related risks.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

A train waits at an Oxfordshire, UK station in the daytime heat

Research briefs

30 March 2023

How space storms miscue train signals

Geomagnetic storms could significantly disrupt electrified train operations in the United Kingdom once every few decades, according to a new study.

Earth Observatory of Singapore - Nanyang Technological University

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28 March 2023

Earthquake prediction with GSI sensor technology

A network of sensors measuring radon levels and other parameters in selected water sources in Europe might be able to detect earthquakes several days in advance.

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung

AI Learning and Artificial Intelligence Concept.

Research briefs

29 March 2023

AI could set a new bar for designing hurricane-resistant buildings

Being able to withstand hurricane-force winds is the key to a long life for many buildings on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast of the U.S. Determining the right level of winds to design for is tricky business, but support from AI may offer a solution.

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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28 March 2023

UNICEF report finds children in Thailand at ‘high risk’ from climate change and environmental degradation

Children in Thailand are at high risk from climate change, according to a new study released today by UNICEF and conducted by Thailand Development Research Institute.

United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)

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29 March 2023

Why tornadoes are still hard to forecast – Even though storm predictions are improving

Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make tornadoes more likely. But predicting exactly which thunderstorms will produce a tornado and when is harder, and that’s where a lot of severe weather research is focused today

Texas A&M University System