Blogs
An inside look at flood forecasting
Several years ago, we identified flood forecasts as a unique opportunity to improve people’s lives, and began looking into how Google’s infrastructure and machine learning expertise can help in this field. Last year, we started our flood forecasting pilot in the Patna region, and since then we have expanded our flood forecasting coverage, as part of our larger AI for Social Good efforts. In this post, we discuss some of the technology and methodology behind this effort.
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October,
2019
October,
2019
Business Insurance 2019 Innovation Award: Post Event Review Capability
Finding positive takeaways from a catastrophe loss can be tough, but analyzing how a natural event became a humanitarian disaster can help communities build resilience against future catastrophes.
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September,
2019
September,
2019
UN Climate Action Summit: Governments must take action now
On September 23rd, world leaders will answer UN Secretary-General António Guterres' call to come to UN headquarters for a Climate Action Summit with “concrete, realistic plans” to fight the climate emergency. The Summit will provide a platform for governments, the private sector, civil society, local authorities and other international organizations to develop ambitious solutions and make commitments that help countries adapt and build resilience to the climate emergency.
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September,
2019
September,
2019
No sustainable development without flood resilience
Floods affect more people around the world than any other hazard. This blog explains why we need to acknowledge the vital role resilience against floods and other hazards play in countries' abilities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
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September,
2019
September,
2019
What's needed to achieve climate resilience in Asia?
This blog captures the key recommendations for the UN Climate Action Summit from Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance’s session on the importance of systems thinking in building inclusive climate resilience at the Asia Pacific Climate Week in September 2019.
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September,
2019
September,
2019
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2020
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Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities: pick the right timing
This is the second blog in a series of three where we get to learn from the experiences of Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance colleagues that have been involved in the roll out of the Flood Re...
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Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities: how to create community buy-in
This is the first blog in a series of three where we get to learn from the experiences of Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance colleagues that have been involved in the roll out of the Flood Res...
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We have the data, and now what?
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance has launched a new guidance document to help practitioners use the data gathered through the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities to plan appropr...
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Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities: pick the right timing
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2019
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Towards a step-change on Loss & Damage
Making use of mutuality-solidarity-accountability-transparency principles The Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage and its ongoing review were hot topics at COP25. Hope...
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Towards a step-change on Loss & Damage
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