02 Jul 2015
In mid-May 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia faced severe flooding, in some places the worst in 120 years. The floods killed approximately 80 people and affected the lives of nearly three million others. The International Red Cross and...
Tags: Report, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
15 Jun 2015
The purpose of this report, our first Sustainable Cities Index, is to take 50 of the world’s most prominent cities and look at how viable they are as places to live, their environmental impact, their financial stability, and how these elements comp...
Tags: Report, Urban Preparedness
30 May 2014
The African continent is currently in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Africa’s economic performance is promising, with booming ...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Preparedness