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Potential of satellite data in catastrophic flood risk mapping and assessment: case studies from Asia and Africa by Amarnath, Giriraj, Rajah, Ameer, Alahacoon, Niranga, Inada, Yoshiaki, Inoue, R., Aggarwal, Pramod K.

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Crean una mesa de emergencias sobre el fuego en Sierras Chicas by Repetto, Juan Manuel, Mari, Nicolás Alejandro, Cárcano, Carlos, Ingrey, Michael, Notti, Pedro

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Indus basin of Pakistan: Impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture by Yang, Yi-Chen, Yu, Winston, Savitsky, Andre, Alford, Donald, Brown, Casey, Wescoat, James, Debowicz, Dario, Robinson, Sherman

“…This followed an already tenuous situation for many rural households faced with high fuel and fertilizer costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million people, devastating their housing, infrastructure, and crops. …”
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Disaster plant pathology: Smart solutions for threats to global plant health from natural and human-driven disasters by Etherton, B.A., Choudhury, R.A., Alcalá-Briseño, R.I., Mouafo-Tchinda, R.A., Sulá, A.I.P., Choudhary, M., Adhikari, A., Lei, S., Kraisitudomsook, N., Buritica, J.R., Cerbaro, V.A., Ogero, K., Cox, C.M., Walsh, S., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Omondi, Bonaventure Aman Oduor, Navarrete, I., McEwan, M., Garrett, K.A.

“…Here we use the disaster plant pathology framework to synthesize the effects of disasters in plant pathology and outline solutions to maintain food security and plant health in catastrophic scenarios. We recommend actions for improving food security before and following disasters, including (1) strengthening regional and global cooperation, (2) capacity building for rapid implementation of new technologies, (3) effective clean seed systems that can act quickly to replace seed lost in disasters, (4) resilient biosecurity infrastructure and risk assessment ready for rapid implementation, and (5) decision support systems that can adapt rapidly to unexpected scenarios.…”
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Future food systems: challenges and consequences of the current food system by Tutundjian, S., Clarke, M., Egal, F., Dixson-Decleve, S., Candotti, S. W., Schmitter, Petra S., Lovins, L. H.

“…Agriculture and food systems are contributing to an interconnected global environmental crisis, with increasing risks, social instability, and conflict. …”
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COVID-19: Assessing impacts and policy responses for food and nutrition security by Swinnen, Johan, McDermott, John

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Using weather index insurance to improve drought response for famine prevention by Chantarat, S., Barrett, Christopher B., Mude, Andrew G., Turvey, C.G.

“…Operational agencies and the donor community are thereby financially exposed to catastrophic weather risks in developing countries via their humanitarian commitment to emergency response. …”
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From famine to food security: A new agenda and approach must be adopted by Fan, Shenggen, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

“…From Famine to Food Security: A New Agenda and Approach Must be AdoptedThe occurrences of two global food crises in 3 years as well as the recent dire situation in the Horn of Africa, which have attracted much policy attention, are stark reminders that the risk of catastrophic food crises, or famine, remains large. …”
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Effectiveness of water-related adaptation decreases with increasing warming by Lissner, Tabea K., Caretta, Martina Angela, Möller, Tessa, Mukherji, Aditi

“…Our analysis highlights the urgent need to limit global warming by drastically reducing emissions to avoid catastrophic impacts.…”
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Biological emergencies surveillance, early warning and rapid response systems: Status and perspectives for East Africa by Tiambo, Christian K.

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Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy: Sector-wise GTP II Implementation Monitoring Checklist by Bayleyegn, Debasu, Ericksen, Polly J., Solomon, Dawit

“…From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. …”
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) landscape suitability varies by wetland habitats and the degree of interface between wild waterfowl and poultry in India by Walsh, Markus G., Mor, Siobhan M., Hossain, S.

“…Although increasing poultry density was associated with increasing risk, this was only the case in the absence of wild waterfowl habitat, and only at a local scale. …”
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Managing water resources in agriculture: opportunities from earth observation. [Abstract only]. by Amarnath, Giriraj, Sharma, Bharat R., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…According to EM-DAT (2012), about 3 billion people in more than 110 countries are affected by catastrophic flooding. In 2011 alone they killed tens of thousands of people, primarily in developing countries, and caused over $150 billion in damage globally. …”
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Cold-tolerant and short-duration rice (Oryza sativa L.) for sustainable food security of the flash flood-prone Haor wetlands of Bangladesh by Hossain, Mobarak, Biswas, Partha, Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul

“…Flash floods are the most catastrophic, affecting about 80% or even the entire rice yield. …”
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Parallel pandemics illustrate the need for One Health solutions by Tucker, C., Fagre, A., Wittemyer, G., Webb, T., Okoth, Edward A., VandeWoude, S.

“…We speculate about impacts of these pandemics on global public health infrastructure and suggest intervention strategies using a cost: benefit approach for low-risk, massive-impact events. …”
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Wenchuan earthquake overview by Chen, Kevin Z., Hsu, Claire, Zhang, Qiang

“…Unfortunately, this worrisome trend is expected to continue as urbanization progresses and as global exposure (though not necessarily vulnerability) to disaster risk expands. …”
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Research for a new world: Critical thinking for the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus (work packages) by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…For example, inappropriate afforestation and bioenergy development or misplaced hydropower generation may serve climate goals but risk destroying precious ecosystems. We need innovative nexus solutions that cut across traditional boundaries to solve the whole puzzle: not only to extricate ourselves from catastrophe, but also to bolster long-term sustainable development. …”
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The intraspecific drought tolerance of Betula pendula Roth. by Hannus, Simon

“…However, current trends of urban development presents challenges of how to preserve urban greenery ecosystem functioning, particularly in light of the ongoing climate change; which also has brought forth the importance of taxonomically diverse urban forests, to mitigate risks of catastrophic tree loss associated with these conditions. …”
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