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Vulnerability refers to a community’s physical, economic, social, environmental, or institutional weakness in the face of a hazardous event. In other words, it is the degree to which a population is at risk of suffering damage and loss when disaster strikes. This explains why the same event can have

Climate change is disrupting weather patterns worldwide, increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme events like heat waves, storms, floods, and droughts. Once rare, these events are now more common and dangerous, impacting millions of people and ecosystems around the world. Some key factors

January 2025 has been one of the warmest on record, accompanied by a reduction in ice cover as a consequence of the average increase in temperatures. The first month of 2025 was the warmest, continuing the series of record-breaking temperatures observed over the past two years. According to the Janu

The Valencia region in Spain was hit on Tuesday, October 29, by a Mediterranean episode, associated with a cold drop. It caused very heavy rains and floods, causing a very heavy human toll. . This episodes of heavy precipitation have already existed in the past. They are characteristic of a Mediter