Climate Disasters

As the climate changes, natural disasters are becoming more frequent, more severe, and harder to predict. They affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and expose deep gaps in how societies prepare, respond, and recover.

Early detection systems exist in some regions, but coverage remains uneven. In many places, aging or inadequate infrastructure makes communities more vulnerable before a disaster even strikes. When one does, the challenges multiply fast: coordinating large-scale evacuations, mapping needs across dispersed and often isolated populations, delivering first response under pressure, and enabling rapid reconstruction, all while limited resources force difficult choices about who gets help first. These are not only technical problems. They are also questions of governance, preparedness investment, and political will.

Each disaster type presents different challenges and affects different populations. Pick the one your team wants to dig into, then take it to your worksheet.