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Climate change: let’s talk about adaptive capacity

October 3, 2022
Climate change: let’s talk about adaptive capacity
Global warming (Photo credit: Pete Linforth from Pixabay - Pixabay licence)

The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “there is nothing permanent except change”. We are living in an epoch where constant change is the new normal. Unquestionably, climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. How can we shape our thinking to become more agile to change, and what attributes do organisations and societies need to increase their cap ...[Read More]

Active faulting causes subsidence-related flooding: the example of the Kashmir basin of NW Himalaya

July 25, 2022
Active faulting causes subsidence-related flooding: the example of the Kashmir basin of NW Himalaya
The sunset view of the Jhelum River in Srinagar, Kashmir, with a few houseboats parked at the river bank. Muhsana Mahoor kindly shared the photograph.

Flood hazards often turn destructive and cause substantial loss of life and assets. Annually floods cause significant damage; for example, during the last decade of the 20th century, around 100,000 people lost their lives, and more than 1.4 billion people were affected [1]. Historically, flooding has been viewed as a friend and foe of human civilisations. As a good friend, floods bring nutritious, ...[Read More]

Repression Without Resistance: Answering Natural Hazards Related Disasters

June 27, 2022
Repression Without Resistance: Answering Natural Hazards Related Disasters
Extreme weather events

Answering disasters triggered by natural hazards is a profoundly political process; who can tell us about this is Isabelle Desportes with her study cases of Ethiopia (the 2016 drought), Myanmar (cyclone Komen in 2015) and Zimbabwe (the 2016/2019 drought). Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr Isabelle Desportes, a researcher who approaches disaster risk governance from the angle of politic ...[Read More]

The new President-elect of the EGU Natural Hazards Division: a talk with Heidi Kreibich

May 30, 2022
Riverine flood
Credit: Christian Wasserfallen (https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/foto/ponte-em-arco-ponte-arqueada-calamidade-desastre-8770485/)

In today’s interview, we have the pleasure of talking with Dr Heidi Kreibich, lecturer at the Geography Department at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and head of the working group “Flood risk and climate adaptation” at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). From her interest in investigating different types of flooding associated with complex physical and anthropogenic ...[Read More]