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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.

Latest Risk identification and assessment additions in the Knowledge Base

Person holding an umbrella during a hot day in a square
Research briefs

Unexplained heat-wave ‘hotspots’ are popping up across the globe

A new study takes a look into extreme heat waves that hit predominantly in the last five years or so, particularly areas where extreme heat is accelerating considerably faster than more moderate temperatures.
Columbia Climate School
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Documents and publications

Climate risk profile: Jamaica

This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Jamaica, including how climate change will potentially impact agricultural production, human health, water and sanitation, infrastructure, coastal ecosystems, and youth development.
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Documents and publications

Climate risk profile: Philippines

This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing the Philippines, including how climate change will potentially impact human health, energy and urban infrastructure, coastal ecosystems, agriculture, and water resources.
A blazing wildfire starts to encroach on residential areas in Braga, Portugal
Research briefs

Why wildfires started by humans, cars and power lines can be more destructive and harder to contain

While climate change sets the stage for larger and more intense fires, humans are actively fanning the flames.
Eos - AGU
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Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast

Rather than winging it when an unusual health event crops up, health officials take a systematic approach. Public health surveillance is foundational for figuring out what's going on and hopefully squashing any outbreak before it spirals out of control.
Conversation Media Group, the
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What’s fueling Brazil’s worst fire season in a decade?

The Map Biomas initiative report said 22.38 million hectares (55.3 million acres) caught fire in the first nine months of 2024, an increase of 150% compared to the same period in 2023. The area is equivalent to 2.6% of Brazil's total land area.
Climate Adaptation Platform
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Hurricane Milton: Further destruction for Florida and Implications for the insurance industry

Losses from Milton could fully deplete the 2024 natural catastrophe budgets of US property/casualty insurers. The way in which Milton affected Florida has highlighted discussions regarding multi-peril impacts and business interruption coverage.
Risk Frontiers Holdings Pty Ltd
Iraq drought and desert
Research briefs

Staggering temperature rise predicted for the Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa are undergoing accelerated climate change and will reach warming thresholds two to three decades earlier than the rest of the world, a new study reports.
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
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