Older people and climate change — Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

Gary Haq

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2

Residents wade in knee-high water on street, Indonesia

Disaster risk reduction and health in the Asia-Pacific region

SEI brief / In the Asia-Pacific region, policies that address disaster risk reduction and health increasingly recognize the synergies between the two sectors.

17 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster Risk and Public policy

Science for a secure society: Hydro-climatic hazard, risk, and crisis management in Sweden (CrisAct)

Project / CrisAct aims to provide a comprehensive science-based framework to monitor and manage hydroclimatically driven natural hazard crisis and disaster responses.

2022 - 2025 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster Risk, Innovation and Public policy

Aerial view of terraced rice paddies, Tegallalang Rice Terrace, Indonesia

Investing in agricultural water management: Pathways to a sustainable future

Other publication / International financing institutions must learn from past mistakes in agricultural water investment and direct their money to key promising approaches.

1 December 2021 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture, Mitigation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Tibetan prayer flags on glacier on mountain top with higher peaks in background and large clouds under blue sky, Langtang National Park, Himalayas, Nepal

Glacial lake outburst floods: A shared risk across the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Feature / When glacial lakes breach their moraine dams, huge amounts of water are released, with devastating impacts across regions.

10 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk and Mitigation

The confluence where the Songkhram River meets the Mekong at Ban Chai Buri, Tha Uthen District, Nakhon Phanom. An unusual drop of the Mekong River and the absence of its backflow in the Songkhram during the rainy season have been observed this year.

Dams and droughts, data and diplomacy in the Mekong

Perspective / As the Mekong Region faces more intense floods and droughts, data sharing and water diplomacy are emerging as new narratives for transboundary water governance.

9 November 2021 / About Water resources

Technical tour in Honduras: promising sites for water harvesting in Nacaome

Climate change as a subjacent factor of migration and mobility

Perspective / What is the nexus between migration and climate change? Why is it important to understand it?

4 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk and Public policy

Close-up of woman's hand plugging in charger to electric car, Stockholm, Sweden

Putting people at the centre of climate action

Perspective / Taking social considerations into account is essential for ensuring that climate action in Bosnia and Herzegovina is economically and socially fair.

3 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Mitigation and Renewables

Aerial view of quiet roundabout with trucks, cars and mopeds and neighbourhood under development shot from top floor of supermarket building, Hải Phòng, Viet Nam

Podcast: “Disaster justice” and climate planning in cities in Asia

Feature / SEI talks about how cities in Asia are approaching climate governance with Dr Danny Marks in the new SEI Asia podcast series "Environment and Policy in Asia".

20 September 2021 / About Climate policy and Disaster Risk

Humanitarian needs crucial for UN disaster relief after climate disasters

Press release / A study finds that aid provided by the UN in the aftermath of climate-related disasters is driven by humanitarian needs rather than by strategic donor interest.

20 January 2021 / About Disaster Risk, Finance and Geopolitics

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