Barbados, like many Caribbean islands, faces significant vulnerability to a range of natural hazards, increasingly exacerbated by the negative impacts of climate change. With a quarter of its population and most tourism locations situated in coastal areas, the country has historically been impacted by tropical cyclones and their associated effects, such as flooding and storm … [Read more...] about Barbados: Lessons Learned in Crafting Inclusive Hurricane-Preparedness Messages
Early Warning Systems at the Center of Climate Action: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean towards COP28
[This article is also available in Spanish - Este artículo también está disponible en español] Latin America and the Caribbean is the second most disaster-prone region in the globe, due to natural events. Between the years 2000 and 2022, 1,534 disasters impacted more than 190 million individuals (OCHA, UNDRR, 2023). The mitigation of susceptibility and reliance on … [Read more...] about Early Warning Systems at the Center of Climate Action: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean towards COP28
The Farewell of the Glaciers: How Global Warming is Transforming Disaster Risk in the Peruvian Andes
It is not something that most people have very much in mind, but we are among the last generations that will have the rare privilege of seeing the glaciers in the Andes. The most recent estimates suggest that important Andean glaciers could disappear or recede significantly over the course of the next century; some could lose between 78 and 97 percent of volume in the next 80 … [Read more...] about The Farewell of the Glaciers: How Global Warming is Transforming Disaster Risk in the Peruvian Andes