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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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Developers are building homes with an eye toward making them more resilient to the extreme weather that’s increasing with climate change, and friendlier to the environment at the same time.
AT&T has models identifying locations at risk of flooding, drought, and wildfires 30 years into the future, to help identify areas to safely place cell towers and harden existing infrastructure. This also gives communities access to climate projections.
Over the past four decades, vertical wind shear over the North Atlantic has increased 15%, according to research. This results in more unstable air at play within the jet streams that move across the U.S.
The increasing risk to choke points poses regional and even global food security concerns.
China’s flood fighting strategy is to discharge flood waters to farmland,” as a means to secure cities and industrial areas.
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