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This concept note outlines the critical need for enhanced Early Warning Systems (EWS) to detect water contamination from nuclear fission plants.

UCL Warning Research Centre
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Documents and publications

This report presents the findings of a rigorous impact evaluation focused on anticipatory cash transfers in response to severe flooding in Nepal.

World Food Programme
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Coffee farmers in northern Sumatra are vulnerable to extreme weather but most have no access to insurance. Zurich, together with impact insurtech provider Blue Marble, has developed an innovative way to help coffee plantations build climate resilience.

Zurich Insurance Group Limited
Research briefs

A new study published on March 29 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres provides the first comprehensive look at how baseline updates influence the detection of extreme climate events across China.

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research briefs

The world's largest and most comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding has found an increased risk of 26 per cent of all diseases serious enough to require hospitalisation.

Monash University
Research briefs

Researchers found that wildfire survivors were less likely to stick with choices that offered greater long-term rewards.

University of California, San Diego
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Infectious disease clinician and microbiologist Dr. Miki Nagao from Kyoto University is leading a program that aims to fortify the city against the next big threat.

Earth.com
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High vulnerability and exposure main driver behind Kinshasa’s deadly floods following heavy, but not unusual rainfall.

World Weather Attribution

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