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Turkey-Syria earthquake: how disaster diplomacy can bring warring countries together to save lives

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Earth Observation in Re/Insurance Business

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 30, 2022June 30, 2022
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Canada’s flood havoc after summer heatwave shows how climate disasters combine to do extra damage

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021
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If we don’t learn from past climate disasters, they will claim more lives in the future

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsNovember 16, 2021November 16, 2021
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Overseas trade has a hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’ – new report

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsOctober 14, 2021October 13, 2021
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Is climate change to blame for the recent weather disasters? 2 things you need to understand

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 27, 2021January 19, 2022
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