RESILIENT VOICES: Take part in surveys on inclusive disaster risk reduction
As part of the EU-funded Erasmus Plus project RESILIENT VOICES, two new surveys on disaster preparedness have been launched. The aim is to gain a better understanding of how different population groups perceive risks such as storms, floods or heatwaves, and what...
EM-DAT Report 2025: The continuing significant impact of natural hazards
The latest report from the EM-DAT database on global disasters indicates that the scale of damage caused by natural hazards will remain high in 2025. A total of 358 disaster events were recorded, resulting in 16,607 deaths, affecting around 110 million people and...
AI significantly improves wildfire forecasting
A research team led by the University of Canterbury has developed an AI-based system that can predict wildfire risks significantly faster and more accurately than existing methods. The system uses machine learning to analyse weather data and identify patterns that...