Natural Disasters
A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience and on the infrastructure available.In modern times, the divide between natural, man-made and man-accelerated is quite difficult to draw with human choices like architecture, fire, resource management or even climate change potentially playing a role. An adverse event will not rise …
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UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 English
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severe (geo)political divides, conflict, natural disasters due to climate change and economic uncertainty … severe (geo)political divides, conflict, natural disasters due to climate change and economic uncertainty …
CWS: Church World Service · 24 October 2024 English
As natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity, the devastating effects of climate change are becoming impossible to overlook. While some may still manage to turn a blind eye, the most vulnerable …
As natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity, the devastating effects of climate change are becoming …
TMI: Thurgood Marshall Institute · 24 October 2024 English
This comprehensive report analyzes the potential impacts of "Project 2025," a radical political blueprint created by the Heritage Foundation, on Black communities in the United States. The report dissects Project …
climate change, which increases the risk of natural disasters that disproportionately impact Black communities …
ICRIER: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations · 23 October 2024 English
The timing of the survey just prior to the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank is purposeful. [...] Some of these areas of divergence include the role of …
accelerate investments in GPGs and manage large natural disasters, including concessional grants for non-IDA-eligible …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 22 October 2024 English
Background Agenda Date: 22- 25 October 2024, Venue: Kenya, Naivasha Simba Lodge Organisers: Co-organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), European Union (EU) and Egerton University
Climate change increases the frequency of natural disasters and worsens food and water insecurity, disproportionately …
NYU: New York University · 21 October 2024 English
place during emergencies would address the rights of affected voters and candidates. The post Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections appeared first on Just Security. …
org/104065/natural-disaster-terrorism-elections/">Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections</a> …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
mechanisms and frequent external shocks including natural disasters, have resulted in extreme welfare inequality …
RAND Corporation · 17 October 2024 English
RAND Europe, with Athena Infonomics and glass.ai, conducted a study that characterised the current landscape of technology use in the sector and explored potential development pathways out to 2030, as …
ions/megatrends-hub 14 Zorn, M. 2018. ‘Natural Disasters and Less Developed Countries.’ Nature, Tourism … these systems seek to address range from natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes through to … increase in the wake of high temperatures and natural disasters. Since 2022, the African Union has also implemented … 2024. ‘Using IoT to Predict and Prevent Natural Disasters.’ As of 26 August 2024: https://tago.io … io/blog/iot-to-predict-prevent-natural-disasters 96 Pregler, Art. 2018. ‘Extreme Connections.’ AT&T Blog …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
Reducing the impact of climate change on poor and vulnerable households is essential for hastening poverty reduction. In thinking about policies that do this, it is useful to apply the …
in poor places with fewer means to cope. Natural disasters intensified by climate change can cause significant …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
A Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a diagnostic instrument to analyze key constraints to growth, support policy dialogue with the government, and inform engagement with different stakeholders. During February 2023 …
activity and international trade. Furthermore natural disasters and the impacts of climate change pose a … International Growth Center, 2024). 37. Furthermore, natural disasters – which are likely to worsen with climate … the economic and humanitarian costs of natural disasters are expected to escalate with climate change … prices, electoral unrest, and a spate of natural disasters caused growth to decline in the second half … most vulnerable countries in the world to natural disasters and climate change impacts (World Risk Index …
