Is the number of global natural disasters increasing?Gianluca AlimontiLuigi MarianiLuigi.Mariani@unibs.it
FM Global, a mutual insurance company, has developed interactive maps on natural hazards such as frost, floods and earthquakes. The maps, which are available free of charge, combine first-class and up-to-date information from all over the world. Natural disasters can destroy buildings, disrupt ...
In 2023, the global economy grappled with the hurdles on its path to a much-needed recovery, including escalating geopolitical tension, surging natural disasters, and the growing trend of deglobalization and trade protectionism. In its latest economic outlook report, the Organization for Economic Coop...
Floods are one of the most common natural disasters, with a disproportionate impact in developing countries that often lack dense streamflow gauge networks1. Accurate and timely warnings are critical for mitigating flood risks2, but hydrological simulation models typically must be calibrated to long dat...
A man walks into a fountain to cool off in Madrid, Spain, July 17, 2023. Drought and wildfires are becoming more frequent in Spain due to repeated heatwaves this year. Heatwaves, torrential rains, floods, droughts and other natural disasters occurred one after another around the world in re...
we contextualise how missing data within EM-DAT has been handled previously. A large proportion of missing data was identified for disasters attributed to natural hazards occurring between 1990 and 2020, particularly on the economic losses. The year the disaster occurred, income-classification of the...
It's hard to think of many things powerful enough to disrupt life across our entire planet. Huge natural disasters—likeearthquakes, erupting volcanoes, or tsunamis (freak tidal waves)—can affect many thousands of people, but their impacts are usually confined to just one region of the world....
Amazing aerial view of the Jiulongji waterfall with a total drop of more than 300 meters in Zhouning County, east China's Fujian Province, May 25, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin) (ECNS) -- June 5 marks World Environment Day, established to remind the world about the state...
Originally suggested for linking climate change and biodiversity, NbS can address other societal challenges including human health, food and water security, natural disasters and biodiversity loss [4]. The current report covers a range of matters that we believe will be of high significance during ...
Without significant policy change or investment, the interplay between climate change impacts, biodiversity loss, food security and natural resource consumption will accelerate ecosystem collapse, threaten food supplies and livelihoods in climate-vulnerable economies, amplify the impacts of natural disasters, ...