In recent years, extreme heat in Central Vietnam has become increasingly severe. Hue City has recorded some of its highest temperatures on record, with summer temperatures exceeding 42°C. While climate change is a major driver of rising temperatures, rapid urbanization, concrete surfaces expansion, and the decline of green spaces is also contributing to higher temperatures […]
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Early warning systems (EWS) are integral to disaster risk reduction and climate resilience, safeguarding lives, property, and infrastructure against flood impacts. ISET has been collaborating with partners in Hue City (formerly Thua Thien Hue province) to enhance its EWS, with a key focus on integrating redundancy (i.e. built-in backup capacity) into its design. This approach addresses
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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 quickly we need to act, and where we’ve underestimated our risk. The pumps, dikes and levees protecting the City of New Orleans—which were dramatically strengthened after Hurricane Katrina—worked.
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