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Global Report on Food Crises confirms World Food Programme and humanitarian community's worst fears over critical nutrition At least 155 million people in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2020 — 20 million more than 2019, according to figures from the

World Food Programme (WFP)
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Every 10 years, NOAA releases an analysis of U.S. weather of the past three decades that calculates average values for temperature, rainfall and other conditions. That time has come again. Known as the U.S. Climate Normals, these 30-year averages — now

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Research briefs

Using Pakistan’s worst flooding in 2010 as a case study, researchers examined the disaster recovery activities after the flood.

Climate Adaptation Platform (CAP)
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This article commemorates the disaster by reflecting on what it has taught us over in regards to infrastructure resilience, risk identification and preparedness.

World Bank, the
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Since the year 2000, only one city located in an advanced market economy has been severely impacted by an earthquake.

Risk Management Solutions
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The CES is the world’s second-costliest insured earthquake loss in history and supports the New Zealand regulator’s 1-in-1,000-year capital requirement.

Risk Management Solutions
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New research supported by USAID is investigating whether investments in broadly based resilience help families to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic.

University of California, Davis
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Otago researchers say policy makers should pre-plan for post-earthquake cordons use in order to minimise negative outcomes on residents and businesses.

University of Otago
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Biloxi was devastated by hurricane Katrina. The story of its reconstruction can inform the long term recovery of other communities across the United States.

Conversation Media Group, the
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A PSU study that followed 400 households after the 2015 Nepal earthquakes provides insight into the resilience and change in short-term rural natural disaster recovery.

Portland State University