Disaster Risk Reduction

Climate and DRR Education as a Case for Lifelong Learning

Joshua L. DeVincenzo, Syeda Kainaat Jah and edited by Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou August 14, 2024

A united and well-informed community dedicated to making a positive impact on our planet Earth system. Illustrated by Emily Hinshaw

We live in a society where climate change has already shown its impact across the world with devastating consequences. The alarming frequency of extreme weather events leading to tremendous disasters leaves us all perplexed and anxious about what will be coming next without taking any immediate action. Bearing that in mind, Dr. Joshua L. DeVincenzo with M.A Student Syeda Kainaat Jah both from Colu ...[Read More]

Can we predict floods accurately, fast and everywhere?

Bastian van den Bout and edited by Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou January 10, 2024

The fastflood.org website, which allows users to run the method and benefit from global datasets to quickly set up a simulation. (https://fastflood.org/)

The impact of climate change has already and will continue to cause frequent flooding episodes all over the world, with devastating consequences not only for our society but for our natural habitat as well, should we not take immediate action. Therefore, have you ever wondered, what would happen if there was an effective flood modelling system that could quickly run simulations from global dataset ...[Read More]

Democratising the concept of risk: The Tomorrow’s Cities Decision Support Environment

Roberto Gentile and the Early Career Risk Working Group in the Tomorrow’s Cities Hub and edited by Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou June 15, 2022

Curious to gain an insight into how we can battle the rapid urbanisation and reduce the disaster risk for the poor people in the future? This week, Dr. Roberto Gentile, Lecturer in Catastrophe Risk Modelling at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction – University College London, talks about the Tomorrow’s Cities Decision Support Environment for risk-informed, pro-poor urban planning, and des ...[Read More]