BERN, Switzerland, 06 March 2017 /PRNewswire Policy/ -- On the slopes of the Bolivian Altiplano, in Haiti and in rural India, women tend to bear the brunt of climate change and natural disasters.

Natural disasters, while primarily seen as physical and economic calamities, can have profound and lasting impacts on mental health. These events disrupt lives, destroy communities, and create ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, last month was the hottest June on record. The world is in the midst of a punishing heat wave, and the temperature in Death Valley, ...

The effects of natural disasters go well beyond casualties, property damage, and land and infrastructure losses. These events are causing mental health crises that can transform the most powerless ...

Though the Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred six years ago, it carries lasting implications that remain today throughout Japan and around the world. On Thursday, Brown’s Japanese Cultural ...

By investing in business resiliency and disaster preparedness, companies can begin to limit the extent of the financial ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a new tool to map the effects of natural disasters, even as federal agencies pull back on research about those events’ economic impact. The New York Fed ...

Current disaster recovery efforts in the United States exacerbate racial disparities, as people of color experience greater harms from natural disasters, receive less support, lose wealth, and take ...

This story was originally published by The Conversation. A week after Hurricane Sandy flooded New York City’s streets and subways in 2012, the city’s schools were back in business. But schools in ...

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