Blogs
Understanding the risk of urban floods
From the Oasis Hub, this blog looks at how, globally, climate change is likely to increase urban flood risk in the future. Understanding this risk through high quality data is the first line of defence against these floods, see how Oasis Hub can help you to better understand the risk in your city.
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May,
2018
May,
2018
Living with Climate Change: Resilience to urban flooding
This week is the EU’s Green Week, which will focus on building sustainable cities in the face of climate change. To mark this David Nash, head of the Zurich Z Foundation, focuses on the special challenges that affect how people in cities are coping.
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May,
2018
May,
2018
Regional collaboration for better flood early warning and resilience in India
India is increasingly threatened by floods, and its resilience depends on successful trans-boundary early warning systems. During a national workshop, organized by Practical Action, key stakeholders came together from across the region to discuss how a successful flood early warning system could be designed and implemented. Here they share their insights and actions for the future:
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May,
2018
May,
2018
Flood Protection Infrastructure: The Fine Line Between Disaster Generation and Disaster Prevention
This PERC looks back at the the effects of hurricane Harvey on Houston in 2018. The review raises some serious questions about current flood mitigation and protection strategies, and asks if the infrastructure is in fact protecting citizens or simply generated further risk.
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May,
2018
May,
2018
A Flood Resilience Measurement Tool: Concern’s experience in Afghanistan
In 2015, Concern applied to join the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance and received funding to start a new project to promote resilience to floods in 12 Afghan communities. As part of this project, Concern piloted a Flood Resilience Measurement Tool (FRMT) developed by the Alliance, and has used the insights generated by the tool to design and implement flood-resilience interventions.
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May,
2018
May,
2018
More Blogs
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Webinar: Approaches in stakeholder participation for resilience
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance and the Climate Information Services Research Initiative (CISRI) will be co-hosting a Webinar on the importance of and the challenges with including, inv...
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Flood defences: how willow proved to be a natural defender
Cumbrian farmers who planted willow for a Swedish paper mill say the crop kept floods at bay ...
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Webinar: Approaches in stakeholder participation for resilience
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‘Loss and Damage’ emerges as crunch item at COP24
There is still no clear picture in Katowice on how to provide a readily available funding mechanism for developing countries affected by extreme weather events. ...
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Climate change and development aid: The economic case for prevention
Climate change affects developing countries more heavily, with broad impacts on the environment and the economy, insurers say, highlighting the need to act before damage is done. ...
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‘Loss and Damage’ emerges as crunch item at COP24
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