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Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change

Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change

Tired Earth August 14, 2024

Last month's rainfall that caused the landslides was the third-heaviest in Kerala state since India's weather agency began record-keeping in....

Collaboration key to disaster prevention, says EU civil protection expert

Collaboration key to disaster prevention, says EU civil protection expert

Hannah Steiner September 04, 2022

For Captain Laurent Alfonso, an expert in European civil protection, global warming requires us to be “ready to intervene everywhere,....

The climate crisis and inequality don’t mix

The climate crisis and inequality don’t mix

Liang Lan March 05, 2022

The International Committee of the Red Cross found that, of the 25 countries most vulnerable to climate change, 14 are....

Overseas trade has a hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’ – new report

Overseas trade has a hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’ – new report

George Scott October 13, 2021

Environmental disasters are increasingly a fact of life around the world. Each year, floods, droughts and landslides affect tens of....

Chernobyl – the world’s worst nuclear disaster revisited

Chernobyl – the world’s worst nuclear disaster revisited

Hannah Steiner April 26, 2020

The Chernobyl disaster is the worst recorded nuclear power plant disaster.

Nice Tips to Handle Natural Disaster Properly

Nice Tips to Handle Natural Disaster Properly

Liang Lan October 14, 2018

The International Day for Disaster Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly.