Stop blaming the climate for disasters

Communications Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Jan. 10, 2022

Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability. We must acknowledge the human-made components of both vulnerability and hazard emphasize human agency in order to proactively reduce disaster impacts.

Language: Английский

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Poverty, Livelihoods and Sustainable Development

Cambridge University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1171 - 1284

Published: June 22, 2023

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Language: Английский

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Toward a climate mobilities research agenda: Intersectionality, immobility, and policy responses

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 69, P. 102315 - 102315

Published: July 1, 2021

Mobility is a key livelihood and risk management strategy, including in the context of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced long standing concerns that migrant populations remain largely overlooked economic development, adaptation to change, spatial planning. We synthesize evidence across multiple studies confirms overwhelming preponderance in-country short distance rather than international migration change hotspots Asia Africa. emerging findings highlight critical importance addressing immobility intersecting social determinants influence who can move cannot development policy. This suggests more focused mobilities research agenda includes understanding drivers mobility multi-directional movement; factors determine for some others; implications under recovery.

Language: Английский

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Neoliberal disease: COVID-19, co-pathogenesis and global health insecurities

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 54(1), P. 15 - 32

Published: Oct. 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has at once exposed, exploited and exacerbated the health-damaging transformations in world order tied to neoliberal globalization. Our central argument is that same plans, policies practices advanced globally name of promoting wealth have proved disastrous terms protecting health context pandemic. To explain why, we point a combinatory cascade socio-viral co-pathogenesis call disease. From vectors vulnerability created by unequal unstable market societies, reduced response capacities states systems, constrained ability official global security agencies regulations offer effective governance, show how virus found weaknesses market-transformed body politic it used viral advantage. By thereby turning inequalities inadequacies societies into insecurities also raises questions about whether now face an inflection when political dis-ease with norms will lead new kinds post-neoliberal policy-making. We conclude, nevertheless, prospects for such political-economic transformation on scale remain quite limited despite all extraordinary damage disease described article.

Language: Английский

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Harbingers of decades of unnatural disasters

Communications Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: Aug. 7, 2023

Abstract Extreme weather events and their impacts have dominated headlines throughout 2021 2022. The emphasis on the in reports of events, often discussed context climate change, has led many to believe that these disasters would not happened without human-induced warming. However, our compilation severe weather-related hazards most related those two years reveals ultimately, all listed resulted from existing vulnerabilities compounding stresses social systems. Climate change made hazard worse, but much damage could been prevented. We emphasise reporting should routinely address only humans’ role changing odds, also vulnerability order guide disaster risk reduction avoid creation processes.

Language: Английский

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COVID-19 and business continuity - learning from the private sector and humanitarian actors in Kenya

Progress in Disaster Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 11, P. 100181 - 100181

Published: June 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to different communities and organizations globally. Evidence on the potential role of business continuity for resilience remains scattered, particularly in low- middle-income countries. In this case study COVID-19, based qualitative interviews with private humanitarian actors Kenya, gaps formal Business Continuity approaches emerged. actors' was mostly driven by pre-existing conditions organizational agility, while major differences between were observed. This paper's findings highlight opportunities a simplified, agile, accessible its applicability during future disruptions.

Language: Английский

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Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in India, March 2020 to August 2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 116, P. 59 - 67

Published: Dec. 28, 2021

Introduction: India experienced 2 waves of COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 and reported the second highest caseload globally. Seroepidemiologic studies were done to track course pandemic. We systematically reviewed synthesized seroprevalence in Indian population.Methods: included reporting IgG antibodies against from March 1, 2020 August 11, 2021 excluded only among patients with vaccinated individuals. searched published databases, preprint servers, government documents using a combination keywords medical subheading (MeSH) terms "Seroprevalence AND India". assessed risk bias Newcastle-Ottawa scale, appraisal tool for cross-sectional (AXIS), Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical tool, WHO's statement on Reporting Seroepidemiological Studies (ROSES-S). calculated pooled along 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) during first (March February 2021) wave 2021). also estimated selected demographic characteristics.Results: identified 3821 53 905379 participants after excluding duplicates, screening titles abstracts full-text screening. Of 53, 20 good quality. Some did not report adequate information study methods (sampling = 24% (13/53); laboratory 83% [44/53]). 'poor' quality had more than one following issues: unjustified sample size, nonrepresentative sample, nonclassification nonrespondents, results unadjusted demographics insufficiently explained enable replication. Overall was 20.7% (95% CI 16.1 25.3) 69.2% 64.5 73.8) wave. Seroprevalence differ age wave, whereas second, it increased age. slightly higher women In both waves, estimate urban rural areas.Conclusion: 3-fold between India. Our review highlights need designing standard protocols.

Language: Английский

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the livelihood of a vulnerable population: Evidence from women street vendors in urban Vietnam

Cities, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 130, P. 103879 - 103879

Published: July 28, 2022

Language: Английский

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Attribution of 2022 early-spring heatwave in India and Pakistan to climate change: lessons in assessing vulnerability and preparedness in reducing impacts

Environmental Research Climate, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(4), P. 045005 - 045005

Published: Aug. 29, 2023

Abstract In March 2022, large parts over the north Indian plains including breadbasket region, and southern Pakistan began experiencing prolonged heat, which continued into May. The event was exacerbated due to prevailing dry conditions in resulting devastating consequences for public health agriculture. Using attribution methods, we analyse role of human-induced climate change altering chances such an event. To capture extent impacts, choose March–April average daily maximum temperature most affected region India as variable. observations, 2022 has a return period ∼1-in-100 years. For each models, then calculate probability intensity 1-in-100 year between actual counterfactual worlds quantifying change. We estimate that human-caused made this heatwave about 1 °C hotter 30 times more likely current, climate, compared 1.2 cooler, pre-industrial climate. Under future global warming 2 above levels, heatwaves like are expected become even common (2–20 likely) (by 0 °C–1.5 °C) now. Stronger frequent heat waves will impact vulnerable groups some regions exceed limits human survivability. Therefore, mitigation is essential avoiding loss lives livelihood. Heat Action Plans have proved effective help reduce heat-related mortality both countries.

Language: Английский

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Review of Various Climate Change Exacerbated Natural Hazards in India and Consequential Socioeconomic Vulnerabilities

IDRiM Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(2)

Published: Feb. 5, 2024

Climate change has been a major existential threat to humanity, and much-debated predictions of its devastating consequences are becoming reality. The various natural hazards disasters cause grave concern, there is need study these hazards, their impact on the society, nation’s economy, other vulnerabilities in future. There huge gap understanding climate it seems that we all living state denial. So, strong combine available data one document give holistic view actual problem. Therefore, this paper, will review likely front India how exacerbate Natural hazards. It also bring out impacts India’s economy.Moreover, it’s evident from vulnerability consequential greatly amplified because socioeconomic, demographic, geographic characteristics large population, which strain existing infrastructure. Various findings based listed at end consolidated outcomings review, highlight threats as heat waves, erratic precipitation, cyclones floods. paper developing countries like spearheading drive decrease carbon footprint prevent further climate.

Language: Английский

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