A global report shows Indigenous governance and knowledge boost climate resilience. Case studies from the Amazon to Nepal urge legal recognition, direct funding, and partnerships.
RNZ
Seven months after communities on Tairāwhiti's East Cape were hammered by a destructive summer storm, locals are facing new problems related to its aftermath. Checkpoint's Teuila Fuatai has been in the coastal settlement of Te Araroa, where regular flooding is now adding to the damage.
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The European Commission wants to shift the focus from responding to disasters to preventing them, strengthening preparedness and improving anticipation. But financing climate adaptation remains a major challenge, as EU countries face limited fiscal room to act. #EuropeNews
The Conversation
How the deadly Nepal floods caused damage up to 100km away from a collapsed glacier.
The Conversation
Only 3% of spending on natural hazards focuses on reducing risk, allowing governments to shift liability but leaving communities unprepared.
"You could end up with infrastructure on one side and a generator on the other."
RNZ
The Green Party is campaigning on establishing a $2.4 billion trust dedicated to marae.
RNZ
A study simulating what would happen to Wellington's road network in a major earthquake has found some parts would be cut off for months.
The quakes are clustered in time rather than location, and there are "absolutely no trends" to suggest a larger one is coming, seismologist Bill Fry says.
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After the devastating Lismore floods caused a billion dollars in damage, businesses welcome exploration of engineering solutions to protect their town.
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Authorities are desperately searching for any survivors following an earthquake which struck the southern city of Kumamoto on Tuesday. The country's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised a full government response into the disaster which has killed at least 18 people. The quake comes a decade after the same city was hit by twin quakes killing more than 270 people and prompting a significant reconstruction effort.
ABC Asia
The death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in Japan has reached 34. As rescuers continue to search for survivors, heatstroke is becoming a concern for the thousands of people seeking shelter in evacuation centres.
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Storms and flooding incidents over the last few months have seen fake videos inundating social media.
RNZ
Tauranga is on alert after three more slips at the site of a deadly landslide that claimed six lives in January.
RNZ
Civil Defence says some people received an alert on their cellphone during Saturday morning's Taumarunui earthquake while others did not because of the way Google works.
RNZ
Destructive storms are exposing the vulnerability of rural communities, as ageing infrastructure and outdated river management are struggling to cope. In South Wairarapa, back-to-back floods have prompted difficult questions. As extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe, how can these communities adapt - and who will pay? Mary Argue and Baz Macdonald report.
CNN
In France, an entire peninsula is being evacuated due to a rising risk of wildfires. The herculean effort is being hampered by a single road that’s the only way into and out of the danger zone. CNN News Central’s John Berman gets the latest reporting from CNN Senior International Correspondent Melissa Bell.
NZ Herald
By Phil Pennington of RNZ Defence is running 18 months behind on upgrading a major fuel depot crucial to national reserves and during natural disasters that...
NZ Herald
The country’s civil defence agency is defending commissioning a London-based consultancy firm to prepare a $48,000 report about floods and storms in New...
RNZ
Authorities have confirmed a second piece of emergency technology has not worked properly in recent days.
NZ Herald
After months of waiting for answers over Wellington’s Moa Point sewage disaster, the Government has received the first independent findings — but the public...
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Charity workers are on the scene in Venezuela to build maps that help locate trapped survivors.
RNZ
The need for emergency supplies for animals in the event of flood, quake or fire.
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