Strengthening redundancy for the early warning system in Hue City, Vietnam
Author: Tho Nguyen, ISET-International, Vietnam Office Early warning systems (EWS) are integral to disaster risk reduction and climate...
Strengthening locally-led adaptation and resilience programs: Takeaways from Gobeshona 2024
ISET-International reflects on key takeaways from sessions on urban resilience to building urban resilience to extreme heat at Gobeshona2024
What we learned from Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida both confirmed that we can plan and build to address climate change, and it was a wake-up call for how broad the need is, how
Storm-Proof Housing for the Urban Poor – Lessons from Da Nang, Vietnam
For low-income families in coastal areas of Vietnam, storm and typhoon damage is a constant threat to life and well-being. However, there
What aren’t we learning from our un-natural disasters?
In 2011, freezing weather resulted in power outages and slick roads across Texas. In 2015, Winter Storm Goliath brought frigid cold and...
Hurricane Dorian: Harbinger of the new normal
On September 1, 2019 destructive winds and storm surge from Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. In the days that followed, the storm we
