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Social infrastructure and centralisation in community response and recovery from disasters3 hrs

Disaster response and recovery are most effective when community-led networks combine central coordination with reciprocal collaboration, highlighting the critical role of local social infrastructure in resilience.

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Responding to droughts: learning from crises3 hrs

The report highlights how worsening droughts driven by climate change are exposing major gaps between humanitarian policy and practice, emphasizing the urgent need for more effective, locally grounded, and timely responses.

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How Pacific communities use sea worms to track time and seasonal shifts through a changing climate3 hrs

The article explores how the annual palolo worm spawning in the Pacific sustains Indigenous ecological calendars, cultural traditions, and climate resilience.

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Marine heatwaves ‘nearly double’ the economic damage caused by tropical cyclones3 hrs

Tropical cyclones that rapidly intensify when passing over marine heatwaves can become “supercharged”, increasing the likelihood of high economic losses, a new study finds.

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