Rebecca Green and James Paton Gilmour May 21, 2019 Diving on the remote coral reefs in the north of Western Australia during the world’s worst bleaching event in 2016, the first thing I […]
Australian Reef Skeletons
Press Release: One Belt One Road: China’s Long March Toward 2049 Book
Michael H. Glantz, with Robert J. Ross and Gavin G. Daugherty ISBN 978-1-896559-47-6 (pbk) 122 pages, 8.5 x 11, full color throughout. 40+ illustrations and maps. 200+ references with QR codes. China’s […]
Recovering livelihoods after disaster strikes
Mariana Iturrizaga May 2019 The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the EU-UNDP-World Bank organized World Reconstruction Conference 4, is an opportunity for us to come together and accelerate our implementation […]
Latin America and the Caribbean – Disaster Risk Reduction Fact Sheet
US Agency for International Development Relief Web OVERVIEW • Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region2 experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, […]
Striking a Balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Lao PDR’s Agriculture
World Bank May 8, 2019 El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, refers to the natural year to year variations in the ocean and atmosphere in the tropical Pacific. ENSO refers to both […]
Central American farmers suffer major crop losses, need food aid – U.N.
Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation May 2, 2019 Farmers in the ‘Dry Corridor’ lost more than half of their maize and beans in 2018 to climate-linked drought or unusually heavy rain BOGOTA, […]
Drought hits Panama Canal shipping, highlights climate fears
By Juan Zamorano and Arnulfo Franco Washington Post April 30, 2019 GATÚN, Panama — An intense drought related to this year’s El Nino phenomenon has precipitously lowered the level of Panama’s Gatun […]
