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'Facebook for disasters' app helped Indonesian neighbours save lives
A fledgling social media app that connects neighbours in disaster-prone communities across Indonesia has saved lives and reduced financial losses, researchers said on Wednesday.
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November,
2018
November,
2018
A solid solution to reduce urban flooding and pollution
Researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University have uncovered an alternative pavement material for urban areas which not only reduces flooding by up to 50 percent but purifies storm water at the same time.
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October,
2018
October,
2018
Why Celebrate Failure? Lessons from Implementing Water Resilience
To be resilient requires the flexibility to elegantly and successfully plan for the unknown and respond to the unexpected. But bravely going where no man has gone before is … fraught with challenge. Not everything we try is successful. Which means that, as the resilience community experiments with building resilience, some of our educated guesses about promising avenues won’t pan out. If we want to move the study and practice of resilience forward quickly, we need to share, learn from, and modify our practice on the basis of these lessons.
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October,
2018
October,
2018
Views from the Alliance: IPCC 1.5°C Special Report
October 8: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a report detailing what we can expect if global warming brings our climate to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Here is what the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance has to say.
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October,
2018
October,
2018
Tackling climate extremes with technology in the Balkans
Extreme weather is fast becoming the 'new normal' in the Balkans. In May 2014, historic flooding pushed over 125,000 people into poverty in Serbia alone, and caused damages and losses well over $2 billion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A stifling round of record temperatures smothered Southern Europe last year, buckling train tracks in Serbia and earning the nickname ‘Lucifer’ for scorching temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, with similar temperatures affecting the region just a few months ago. According to international researchers, climate change played a significant role in both these heatwaves – and trends may worsen in coming decades.
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September,
2018
September,
2018
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2020
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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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We have the data, and now what?
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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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Foundations for change: what we’ve learned in year 1
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance entered its second phase in July 2018. Since then we have worked hard at creating an effective, collaborative, and innovative approach to disaster resili...
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Invest in long-term resilience to prepare for a 1.5 degree plus world
Global Resilience Partnership Press Release 05 December COP25, Madrid, Spain. The world has made significant development progress over the past decades, but these gains have been uneven a...
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Towards a step-change on Loss & Damage
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