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High risk yet home to thousands: the makeshift towns at the mercy of landslides and floods in Peru

Unplanned settlements in high-risk zones face greater disaster harm as climate-driven extreme weather increases, requiring inclusion in urban planning to reduce vulnerability.

fromwww.npr.org

3 months ago

'Please inform your friends': The quest to make weather warnings universal

In November 2025, a massive storm rolled across the lower Mekong River delta, dumping multiple inches of rain onto the wide, flat river plain that covers much of Cambodia. The river rose and rose. The force of the water churned up mud from the river bottom. The muddy water flowed downstream and rushed into the many farming and fishing towns that line the Mekong's banks.

US news

Education

fromState of the Planet

5 months ago

Proposing a GenAI Chatbot Framework for Youth Disaster Risk Reduction

GenAI chatbots can empower youth ages 12 to 24 to engage in disaster risk reduction, strengthening preparedness, response, and recovery.

Education

fromwww.theguardian.com

8 months ago

Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters

Spain will provide compulsory emergency-response training on floods, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and industrial accidents to over 8 million schoolchildren.

fromState of the Planet

11 months ago

Columbia Climate School Students Take On Coastal Flooding at a U.N. Conference

"As the global GP2025 community discussed what comes after the Sendai Framework, a leading global framework in the reduction of disaster risk, which has an expiration date of 2030, the student team was actively charting ways to address these challenges at scale."

NYC startup