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Atlas of the Human Planet 2017 – how exposed are we to natural hazards?
One out of three people in the world is exposed to earthquakes, a number that almost doubled in the ...
Educating firefighters on sleep health
Firefighters, who respond to emergency calls around the clock and frequently work 24-hour extended s...
Vehicle bomb in Kabul
A massive truck bomb struck Khabul’s diplomatic area – Wazir Akbar Khan district –...
Thousands of families displaced after fleeing fighting in Marawi, Philippines
Update: Channel News Asia reports that Government forces have regained complete control of...
Deadly blasts in Baghdad
Terrorists attacked an ice cream parlour in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, reportedly using a remotely-...
Manchester Arena bomb attack
At 20:33 on May 22, 2017, a terrorist detonated an improvised explosive device containing shrapnel i...
Killings and persecution of the Yazidi population of Sinjar, Iraq: A study
Persecution by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against the Yazidi population of Sinjar, I...
Resilience and resource efficiency in cities
This report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) looks at the relationship between b...
Installing solar to combat national security risks in the power grid
Vulnerabilities in the power grid are one of the most prevalent national security threats. The techn...
New guidance supports integrated flood management
Floods are the most common natural disaster with the largest impacts on society. Official statistics...
Vulnerabilities of Europe’s economy to global water scarcity and drought
A new report by Water Footprint Network on the impacts that increasing water scarcity and drought ma...
Threats of cyberattack, natural disaster and supply chain failure – new country-by-country resilience rankings
New insights have emerged around three of the most pressing risks to business performance in the 21s...
Kaikoura earthquake in NZ: Wellington still paying the price
A report from Deloitte explores how the Kaikoura earthquake affected Wellington in New Zealand, how ...
Rudimentary Attacks Pose Greatest Risk to Midsized Organizations According to New Threat Report
eSentire SOC Analyzes Nearly 5 Million Attacks Across Hundreds of Midmarket Organizations in 2016 R...
CRJ 12:3 out now!
The next edition of the Crisis Response Journal is now published, here's a round-up of what's inside...
NASA's Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth
No planet is better studied than the one we actually live on. NASA's fleet of 18 Earth science missi...
Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) report mass tragedy avoided in the Mediterranean
On Good Friday, 14th April 2017, throughout the day over 2000 people were rescued by SAR agencies, m...
Sri Lanka says 30 missing after deadly rubbish dump collapse
At least 30 people are still missing and 28 are now confirmed dead after a huge rubbish dump collaps...