James Belgrave In May 2019, World Food Programme (WFP) teams visited nine of the DPRK’s provinces to assess the food security situation after the 2018 harvest was the worst in 10 years. This is an...
New York, 16 July 2019 – A new resource launched today in New York will help cities prepare for heatwaves – extreme weather events that are among the world’s deadliest types of natural hazard...
El círculo polar ártico ha sido azotado con incendios equivalentes a 100.000 estadios de fútbol en Alaska y Siberia y temperaturas récord de más de 30 grados, mientras que lluvias sin precedentes...
Unusually hot and dry conditions in parts of the northern hemisphere have been conducive to fires raging from the Mediterranean to – in particular – the Arctic. Climate change, with rising...
Source: Xinhua | 2019-07-05 20:25:29 | Editor: mingmei JINAN, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in east China's Shandong Province have allocated 90 million yuan (13 million U.S. dollars) in funds as the...
The key trends and developments in the South and Southeast Asian region last week included increased fighting and further peace talks in Afghanistan; attacks on civilians in Cambodia, Thailand and...
In the past year, “there were 315 natural disaster events recorded with 11,804 deaths, over 68 million people affected, and US$131.7 billion in economic losses around the world.” This is according to...
Summary Extreme weather events and natural disasters, like floods and earthquakes, can cause great losses in human and physical capital. The impact of these events can be particularly disastrous on...
Executive Summary In 2018, there were 315 natural disaster events recorded with 11,804 deaths, over 68 million people affected, and US$131.7 billion in economic losses across the world. The burden...
The heatwave in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi, eastern Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu continues unabated. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature recorded was...