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A resilience measurement framework, adaptable to any community and proven in its effectiveness, has the potential to address some of the most common challenges.

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In this paper, researcher Sien Kok (Deltares/WUR) shows that the way we assess plans strongly determines which measures are considered “best”. Her PhD research is part of the European MERLIN project, which promotes nature restoration in rivers.

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Interview with FAO's Director of Animal Production and Health on the role of rangelands and pastoralists in sustainable agrifood systems, biodiversity preservation and climate resilience.

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Fifteen years after Tohoku, the article argues that despite better models and data, true resilience requires accepting structural uncertainty, stress‑testing interconnected risks, and ensuring reinsurance capital is ready for extreme, system‑wide shocks.

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A new study published in Earth's Future shows that managed retreat, the planned, government-supported relocation of people and infrastructure away from flood-prone areas, is being practiced across Europe at larger scale than thought.

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