Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/9/5088This paper aims to estimate and decompose the spatial and temporal effect of a flood event occurring in the city of Laval in 1998 using a hedonic pricing model (HPM) based on a difference-in-differences (DID) estimator. The empirical investigation of the impact of flood as a natural disaster must....Sat, 01 May 2021 09:50:00 +0200mdpi-ddc1d1dadcb13996e0b876476127a0f3mdpien45.547983 -73.732765NaturalDisasters20210501095000https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/april-2021/integrated-climate-policies-lift-all-boats/For those of us who research, track and advocate for climate action, the third week of April was a doozie. First, the federal government noted correctly that “climate change threatens Canadians’ health, wealth, and safety,” then allocated billions to a sweeping array of new and expanded actions in Budget 2021 .Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:35:00 +0200policyoptions-1ba8c32f6e75d5b34672c81ef519d317policyoptionsen34.0143 -80.9973EcologyClimateChangeAlternativeEnergyUNbodiesNaturalDisastersClimateActionEnvironmentRenewableEnergiesIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change20210427123500http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/blue-roofs-offer-a-way-to-conserve-water-and-prevent-flood-damage/article/588867By Karen Graham yesterday in Environment Most of us have heard of a green roof - vegetation-covered roofs atop buildings, but what about a blue roof? Think water. Blue roofs temporarily store rainwater and gradually release it, offering a way to prevent storm damage and flooding.Sat, 24 Apr 2021 18:28:00 +0200digitaljournal-33e9e65f385f5c68ef8f530cd3e08410digitaljournalen50.460524238145 -86.0848011838431NaturalDisastersEnvironmentAlternativeEnergyBruce Taylor20210424182800http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/blue-roofs-offer-a-way-to-conserve-water-and-prevent-flood-damage/article/588867By Karen Graham 55 mins ago in Environment Most of us have heard of a green roof - vegetation-covered roofs atop buildings, but what about a blue roof? Think water. Blue roofs temporarily store rainwater and gradually release it, offering a way to prevent storm damage and flooding.Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:49:00 +0200digitaljournal-31d5cebd89bd56bdc921ad9adabd8188digitaljournalen50.460524238145 -86.0848011838431AlternativeEnergyNaturalDisastersEnvironmentBruce Taylor20210423194900https://voxeu.org/article/why-housing-built-flood-prone-coastal-areasLow-elevation coastal zones (LECZs) are home to more than 10% of the world’s population, and this share is growing (Neumann et al. 2015). But the attraction of LECZs poses problems, due to their susceptibility to floods, including from tropical storms, which affect many millions of people around the world every year (Brakenridge 2021).Thu, 22 Apr 2021 04:18:00 +0200voxeu-org-a9633eec2400541831042a742f302d0fvoxeu-orgen65.363319 -164.719406NaturalDisastersEnvironmentClimateChangeThe ShapeBudget OfficeUK governmentHurricane SandyQuarterly JournalCongressional Budget Office20210422041800https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/international/2021/04/15/303176.htmWINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO — Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world’s key growing regions for canola and spring wheat. As planting season begins, the dusty soils generate fears that seeds will fail....Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:06:00 +0200claimsjournal-02d8b6cd15bd0c9e374adb2e3b5b3c0aclaimsjournalen34.103611 -92.103333AgricultureNaturalDisastersGreg GustJim PetersonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNeil TownsendJoel Widenor20210415190600https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/04/13/new-snowpack-totals-suggest-20-year-western-drought-persist/7194800002/Lack of monsoon rainfall last summer and spotty snowfall this winter combined to worsen the Western drought dramatically in the past year, and spring snowmelt won’t bring much relief. Critical April 1 measurements of snow accumulations from mountain ranges across the region show that most streams....Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:32:00 +0200azcentral-89dc894ca73d6180d53728cec7607d86azcentralen38.296148 -76.496161MARS-STATNaturalDisastersClimateChangeEnvironmentNature Climate ChangeResearch GroupAmerican Geophysical UnionKeith MusselmanUniversity of Colorado-BoulderUniversity of ArizonaNavajo Nation20210413153200https://wsau.com/2021/04/12/nervous-north-american-farmers-set-to-seed-in-faith-into-parched-soils/By Rod Nickel and Julie Ingwersen. WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world's key growing regions for canola and spring wheat.Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:30:00 +0200wsau-c3ad3af5e55080b5bc080b0aeea1fd82wsauen49.9212 -97.1244NaturalDisastersAgricultureGreg GustMatthew LewisJim PetersonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationRod NickelNeil TownsendJoel Widenor20210412173000https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Nervous-North-American-farmers-set-to-seed-in-faith-into-parched-soils--32942425/WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO, April 12 (Reuters) - Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world's key growing regions for canola and spring wheat. As planting season begins, the dusty soils generate fears....Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:08:00 +02004-traders-aaf0d96cb254e0b1910f7534684ba2a84-tradersen49.9212 -97.1244NaturalDisastersAgricultureGreg GustMatthew LewisJim PetersonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationRod NickelNeil TownsendJoel Widenor20210412130800https://www.notiulti.com/la-coleccion-del-museo-argenteuil-se-trasladara-a-nuevas-ubicaciones-durante-el-verano/El personal del museo espera transferir la colección desde su ubicación actual en el sitio histórico nacional Caserne-de-Carillon a la histórica Iglesia de Cristo (anglicana) a finales de este verano. Si bien se esperaba que la nueva ubicación pudiera estar abierta esta primavera, aún se necesita....Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:22:00 +0200notiulti-bbd780cc36eeffe4c025695af243c845notiulties46.802071 -71.244926The collection of museum Argenteuil moved to new locations in the summerThe collection of museum Argenteuil moved to new locations in the summerNaturalDisastersSamuel de Champlain20210427052200https://globalnews.ca/news/7854581/alberta-snowpack-flood-season/Snowpack isn’t a predictor for floods, but it is a factor and it is above average in the headwaters of the Bow River basin this year. April measurements from Alberta Environment and Parks in the Bow River Basin vary, from as low as 106 per cent above average to locations nearing record highs of 187 per cent.Wed, 12 May 2021 16:48:00 +0200globalnews-b88cc66a5ae2fa8b7384e745fbc59060globalnewsen51.090038 -115.350502NaturalDisastersDr. JohnJohn Pomeroy20210512164800