“Early warnings save lives”: Disaster deaths decline but damage rises on hotter planet
MD TAHMID ZAMI and MEGAN ROWLING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report that early warning systems are saving lives but economic losses are increasing as climate change fuels more extreme weather events…
Essay: Europe’s catastrophic flooding was forecast well in advance – what went so wrong?
In an article first published on The Conversation, HANNAH CLOKE is a professor of hydrology at University of Reading, says floods in Germany and surrounding commmunities this week show elements of flood warning systems need to be improved…
COLOMBIA: MOVED BY FIGHTING, THEN BY MUDSLIDES, THE DISPLACED STRUGGLE TO REBUILD LIVES
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Colombia on the struggle people are facing as they try to rebuild disrupted lives…