Characterizing drought risk and impact
This year’s German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction (DKKV) Young Talents Award has been given to GlobeDrought researcher Janna Frischen. Her thesis, a drought risk assessment of Zimbabwe, garnered the jury’s attention and ultimate vote for its extensive research question
A special issue on Drought vulnerability, risk, and impact assessments: bridging the science-policy gap by GlobeDrought experts went online today in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS). Papers (commentaries, review articles, original research) can be submitted on a rolling
UNU-EHS scientists Dr. Michael Hagenlocher and Isabel Meza have recently been appointed Lead Authors (LAs) for the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) Special Report on Droughts (GAR SR Drought) that is published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).