Natural disasters are already incredibly difficult to plan for, how does the pandemic impact this challenge?
Tag Archives: natural disasters
What can be done about compounded climate change in Africa?
Climate change is a global problem, but is currently already affecting many different countries in Africa, compounding existing problems of poverty and creating other issues such as migration. What can be done about these challenges?
Indigenous survival secrets
Important look at how indigenous language and culture could actually provide significant life-saving possibilities for at-risk communities in Indonesia. Similarly, traditional adobe construction techniques like in Peru can help buildings survive earthquakes.
An ignored super typhoon
Hurricanes and super typhoons generally get a lot of coverage, especially those that hit the United States. Well, unless they hit an American territory (aka colony). The Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory for decades with thousands of US citizens, was devastated by a massive typhoon in late October and yet there seems to be little or no attention paid at all, by the media, or government.
Update: climate change risks
Three interesting pieces about the direct and indirect consequences climate change will bring:
- What will American migration due to climate change look like?
- How will climate change affect health? Badly.
- How will fragile states experience and react to climate change?
American Hurricanes
Mid-September had two massive unseasonal hurricanes, one on the east coast of the US, and the other in south-east Asia, sweeping the Philippines and Hong Kong. In some ways, the latter areas were more prepared than the American states, despite recent massive hurricanes in both places in the last few years. In the US, a chain of low-budget restaurants is seen by many as more accurate in measuring damage than the government. Also, despite similar flooding in recent years, lack of planning has left many parts of the US in dire straits, as evidenced by the lagoons of literal pig shit contaminating water.
Antigua’s election: wherefore Barbuda?
Antigua and Barbuda are one country. That fact, however, may be somewhat obscured in its upcoming election.
American Climate Change Refugees
No longer just a phenomenon in tiny Pacific islands…natural disasters are increasingly causing climate change damage and migration within the US as well.
What’s next for Barbuda?
Interesting short video on how Barbuda has been devastated by Hurricane Irma, and how rebuilding could effect centuries-old traditions in favour of capitalistic development.
The Chef Who Fed Puerto Rico
Amazing story of how a chef fed Puerto Rico immediately after the recent devastation, and how similar efforts may be changing how humanitarian aid is delivered in other places.
Small World 