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Aerial view of the Indus river and valley, Karakoram, Pakistan

Update

10 January 2022

Climate disasters trigger mental health crisis in Pakistan’s mountains

Across the Hindu Kush Himalayas, communities have been suffering the impacts of climate change, especially in the last two decades. In Ghizer alone, thousands of residents have experienced flash floods and landslides that destroy roads, farms and homes.

The Third Pole

Floating houses in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Update

10 January 2022

Amsterdam’s floating suburb offers solutions to rising waters

Urban planners around the world grappling with how to respond to sea level rise are finding inspiration in Amsterdam, where residents are combining Old World know-how with 21st-century technology to learn how to live with water.

The Energy Mix

Documents and publications

10 January 2022

Enhancing warnings

This report offers insights into what warnings are and how they can better support actions for effective behavioural preparedness and responses across a wide range of hazards, stakeholders, and sectors.

Space view of a hurricane over the ocean

Update

6 January 2022

The AI forecaster: Machine learning takes on weather prediction

A novel approach to weather forecasting uses convolutional neural networks to generate exceptionally fast global forecasts based on past weather data.

Eos - AGU

An Indian farmer processes payments through his mobile phone

Update

5 January 2022

Planning ahead: how the CRISP-M tool advances early climate action

A new digital tool combining scientific climate risk information with local and traditional knowledge is helping communities in India manage climate risks more effectively.

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Research briefs

6 January 2022

Cities boosted rain, sent storms to the suburbs during Europe’s deadly summer floods

Model found that the interplay of large-scale climate and local-scale urbanization intensified the 2021 Europe storm, causing more rainfall than either climate or urbanization on its own.

The University of Texas at Austin

Vehicles submerged during flood in Canada

Update

5 January 2022

Insurance isn’t enough: Governments need to do better on disaster resilience

Communities and property owners need to be partners in reducing losses by undertaking mitigation activities to reduce the severity of wind, water and wildfire events.

Conversation Media Group, the

Humanitarian assistance during a pandemic in Bali, Indonesia

Update

8 November 2021

Complex systems modeling for humanitarian action

This article presents the main findings from the author's research on opportunities to use complex systems modeling to inform humanitarian action, outlining recommendations for how the Centre for Humanitarian Data can apply the findings, including by piloting System Dynamics techniques.

Centre for Humanitarian Data

This image shows a class 5 Super Taifun approaching the Asian Pacific coast. The image shows the eye of the hurricane viewed from space.

Community announcement

5 January 2022

The trigger database is live!

The Anticipation Hub's trigger database presents information on the trigger systems of early action protocols.

Anticipation Hub

Electric line personnel conduct maintenance work on power lines

Update

20 December 2021

How to increase grid resilience through targeted investments

Extreme weather events are taking a toll on electric grids. Modeling climate-change resilience can provide valuable insights when and where they’re needed most.

McKinsey & Company