Cascading impacts and interdependencies, are we taking enough actions towards disaster risks?
Numerous scientific studies have created overwhelming evidence about the changing climate and its impacts: frequent and severe weather, sea-level rise and warming, acidification, extended periods of water scarcity and extreme temperatures, flash floods, depleting ground water levels, degrading aquifers, crumbling water infrastructures and other deleterious effects.
The ability to overcome these vulnerabilities and prepare for risks varies from region to region and community to community. Certain regions despite being on the disaster-prone zones have limited financial and political interests to bounce back while other regions have capacities to research and innovate into risk preparedness, evaluation, forecast using data-led technological advancements.
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