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In flood- and cyclone-prone Bangladesh, climate disasters affect millions of residents every year. The government has implemented a host of risk-mitigation plans and early-warning systems, yet many people still die because they choose not to evacuate when advised.
To better understand how people evaluate risk, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson and her team traveled to the low-lying delta island of Mazer Char to tell us the moving story of a man who lost nearly everything.
Plus don’t miss out on our story about how women, especially in conflict zones are never safe from violence, even in their homes
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Bangladesh is located in a river delta, making it both fertile and extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. In 2007, cyclone Sidr destroyed parts of this low-lying Bangladeshi island.
UNU-EHS/Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson
Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, United Nations University
Why don't people evacuate their homes when warned of impending storm danger? To save lives, resiliency plans must understand how locals in climate-vulnerable places assess risk.
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Environment + Energy
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Hinrich Schaefer, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric
Analysis of 12,000-year-old Antarctic ice reveals that methane leaks from fossil fuel extraction play a larger role than previously thought.
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Health + Medicine
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Festus Njuguna, Moi University
Most children who have cancer live in the developing world where their survival rate is less than 25%. In Kenya awareness about childhood cancer is low and treatment isn't always readily available.
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Politics + Society
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Elisabet le Roux, Stellenbosch University
Shocking new findings show that even in conflict-affected countries where soldiers and rebel fighters are a daily danger to women, their husbands and boyfriends are the bigger threat.
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Science + Technology
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Omair Uthmani, Glasgow Caledonian University
Virtual private networks help citizens around the world evade state surveillance – how long until more governments take action?
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