H Buhaug, N Von Uexkull - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Climate change threatens core dimensions of human security, including economic prosperity, food availability, and societal stability. In recent years, war-torn regions such as …
In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …
Indigenous peoples globally have high exposure to environmental change and are often considered an" at-risk" population, although there is growing evidence of their resilience. In …
S Singh, MK Goyal - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The abrupt rise in extreme weather events (floods, heat waves, droughts, etc.) due to changing climate in the last decades has increased the level of threats to various sectors …
Global climate change presents considerable heating risks to cities, necessitating the assessment of heat vulnerability characteristics in urban areas for the advancement of …
An increasing number of publications focus on social vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation (SVRA) towards natural hazards and climate change. Despite this proliferation of …
The recent creation of a loss and damage fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was heralded as a major breakthrough for Global South …
Abstract The Paris Agreement and Katowice Climate Package articulate a clear mandate for all parties to undertake and document adaptation progress. Yet persistent challenges have …
H Tariq, C Pathirage, T Fernando - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decision makers, practitioners and community members need to assess the disaster resilience of their communities and to understand better the risks they face from natural …