Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy
Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy Edited by Ravi Kanbur and Henry Shue Climate justice requires sharing the burdens and…
Global Warming ‘Could Reach 40c by the End of This Century’ After COP26 Fell Short of its Aims, Say Experts
Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Met Office analysed worldwide policies and found that on the “current trajectory”…
Making Disaster Resilience Everyone’s Business
It is time to shift the conversation and empower everyone to play a role. All stakeholders need to work closely…
Detection and Alert for the City of Vadodara: A Space-Based Flood Approach for Mitigating Impacts on Critical Infrastructure and Reducing Economic Losses
Shubharoop Ghosh, Margaret Glasscoe (PhD), Bandana Kar (PhD), Kristy Tiampo (PhD), David Green (Phd), Marina Mendoza (PhD), Charles Huyck.
CDRI to Launch Infrastructure Resilience Project for Small Island Nations at COP26
The Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), a global partnership of 27 countries initiated by India in 2019, will be…
COP26: Countries, Cities, Carmakers Commit to End Fossil-Fuel Vehicles by 2040
A group of countries, companies and cities committed on November 10, 2021, in Glasgow, to phasing out fossil-fuel vehicles by…
COVID Shines Light on Governance in the Americas and the Caribbean
The COVID pandemic has brought death and economic destruction to all parts of the globe, underlining why effective action on…
India Struggles to Put Out Crop Waste Fires That Fuel Air Pollution
India’s efforts to reduce crop-waste burning, a major source of air pollution during the winter, by spending billions of rupees…
Death Toll Crosses 180 in Nepal and India Floods
In October 2021, more than 180 people died after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Nepal and two Indian States…
India Eased its COVID-19 Disaster. Fears of Complacency Remain
India’s coronavirus crisis, which was killing thousands of people a day just seven months ago, has eased after the nation’s…
