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Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

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New study provides enhanced understanding of tropical atmospheric waves

An international team of researchers are improving scientific understanding of atmospheric waves in the tropics, including how they impact extreme weather events like hurricanes and heavy rainfall.
The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Women irrigate and till the soil in a garden
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How early warning systems and parametric insurance can build climate resilience in Africa

Up to 60% of the over 1.2 billion population in Africa is not protected by early warning systems. Improvements in risk modelling and disaster preparedness have significant implications for strengthening climate resilience in Africa.
World Economic Forum
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An introduction to assessing climate resilience in smallholder supply chains

This guide offers food and beverage companies a working definition of climate resilience, plus an actionable process guide and sample indicator framework for diagnosing climate resilience in smallholder crop-focused supply chains.
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University student flood risk perceptions and flood probability knowledge in Greater Sydney

This study aimed to evaluate university students’ perceptions of flood risk and their understanding of common flood probabilities in the Greater Sydney region of Australia.
Heat Wave, Montreal
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Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has already experienced an extreme heat wave. Millions of people were under heat warnings across the western U.S. in early July or sweating through humid heat in the East.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Mainstreaming climate risk into development: Challenges and recommendations

The brief explains Sri Lanka’s vulnerability to climate-induced weather events and the challenges in key sectors, namely, energy, water, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, tourism, and manufacturing.
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For good measure: Scientists collaborate to track sea level rise from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica

As climate change advances, the vast bodies of ice on Antarctica and Greenland contribute significantly to sea level rise. Now, two groups of scientists are undertaking a joint effort to address what has long been a major obstacle to such research.
Columbia Climate School
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Does living in America’s wealthiest communities make you safer?

In their nationwide analysis, Rutgers University geographers compared the concentration of hazards and associated risks impacting the richest and poorest counties and the richest and poorest municipalities in all 50 states.
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
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