30 Jan 2017
This report published by the World Bank is a part of the Climate Change and Development Series to showcase economic and scientific research that explores the interactions between climate change, climate policies, and development. The series aims to...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Preparedness
02 Mar 2018
Bringing an Urban Lens to the Forced Displacement Challenge This policy note published by the World Bank aims to advance our understanding of urban forced displacement, induced by conflict, by looking at the issue from the perspective of receiving to...
Tags: Report, Urban Preparedness
26 Nov 2014
An 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 437km off the coast of Indonesia’s Banda Aceh on Wednesday, sparking a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region. The quake provided a test for the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) earl...
Tags: Video, Early Warning Systems, Earthquake, Tsunami