REPORT: Building capacity for risk management in a changing climate This report provides a summary of results and learning from the Raising Risk Awareness Project. Find out how climate change and extreme weather have been linked, and how different stakeholders responded to and acted on the information.

Attributing extreme weather events (Amharic version) What if we could better prepare for hazards like flooding and heat waves by understanding the changing risks of extreme weather events? This short film, presented in Amharic, explains the process behind attribution science and its importance in preparing for the future.

Droughts in East Africa Friederike Otto and Maarten van Aalst of the Raising Risk Awareness initiative explain the science around uncovering whether the recent drought in East Africa has been impacted by the presence of human-induced climate change.

Science summary: The drought in Ethiopia, 2015 The worst drought in decades gripped north and central Ethiopia in 2015, affecting nearly 10 million people. As part of the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, a partnership of scientists have conducted an analysis to determine whether climate change played a role in the drought.

Communicating extreme weather event attribution: Research from India and Kenya Communication of extreme event attribution information in the immediate aftermath of an extreme event provides a window of opportunity to inform, educate, and affect a change in attitude or behaviour in order to mitigate or prepare for climate change.This report presents the most effective identified methods, phrases and tools.

Vulnerability assessment: Bangladesh and the Surging Sea Due to its unique topography and high population density, Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to rising sea levels this century. This vulnerability assessment presents an assessment of sea level rise and coastal flood exposure at national, division and district levels in Bangladesh.

Science summary: The drought in Kenya, 2016–2017 Kenya is currently suffering from a drought, which has triggered a national emergency as of April 2017. Scientists with the World Weather Attribution (WWA) partnership have conducted a real-time attribution analysis to see whether and to what extent human-induced climate change has played a role in the 2016-2017 drought in Kenya.

Attributing extreme weather events (Hindi version) What if we could better prepare for hazards like flooding and heat waves by understanding the changing risks of extreme weather events? This short film, presented in Hindi, explains the process behind attribution science and its importance in preparing for the future.

Combatting surging seas in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to rising tides, with its flat, low-lying topography and over 48% of its population living less than 10 metres above sea level. This feature looks at the challenges facing Bangladesh and the tools that could help it plan effectively for coastal disasters.

Attributing extreme weather events (Swahili version) What if we could better prepare for hazards like flooding and heat waves by understanding the changing risks of extreme weather events? This short film, presented in Swahili, explains the process behind attribution science and its importance in preparing for the future.

Learning from Raising Risk Awareness Artist Jorge Martin captures the learnings from the Raising Risk Awareness learning event in a digitized graphic, illustrating the importance of engaging policy makers on disaster risk reduction. This emerged out of the RRA East Africa workshop where participants discussed putting into practice the science around extreme weather events.

The changing risk of extreme weather: Insights from Raising Risk Awareness Raising Risk Awareness held a three-day learning event, hosted in Nairobi, to bring together 65 members of the Raising Risk Awareness team from across the globe. A series of short films were produced on the takeaway messages of the learning event and the importance of climate science attribution.

Making informed decisions to prepare for extreme weather events (Hindi version) Raising Risk Awareness presents this Hindi infographic which sets out why attributing extreme weather events is critical and how the process works, towards helping decision-makers and the public to prioritise adaptation solutions and reduce vulnerability.

Collaboration for decision-making in attribution science This short film, from the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, explains the need for collaboration in attribution science, bringing local needs and knowledge to the table to assist decision-making in reducing the impacts of an extreme weather event.

REPORT: The role of climate change and La Niña in the ongoing Somalia drought: A rapid analysis Somalia is currently facing a quickly deteriorating food security situation. This analysis looks at the potential role of climate change, as well as the role of the recent La Niña, in the occurrence of the drought.

Making informed decisions to prepare for extreme weather events: India case studies This infographic by the Raising Risk Awareness initiative sets out why attributing extreme weather events is critical and how the process works. It features examples of the Chennai and Phalodi case studies in India.

Making informed decisions to prepare for extreme weather events Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) brings together scientists, vulnerability experts and knowledge brokers to assess the role of climate change in extreme weather events. This presentation explains the process behind attribution science and provides information on the RRA initiative.

What’s behind the record rainfall in Chennai, India? This presentation explores the record rainfall in Chennai on 1 December 2015. A scientific team, as part of the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, assessed whether and to what extent the record rainfall that affected Chennai could, in part, be linked to climate change.