16th Annual Block Course Workshop Theme: Living with Extremes, Disaster Risk in an Era of Climate Uncertainty.

The increasing frequency, intensity, and unpredictability of climate-related hazards continue to reshape the disaster risk landscape across Southern Africa and beyond. Communities are now confronted with prolonged droughts, extreme heatwaves, devastating floods, destructive storms, wildfires, water insecurity, food system disruptions and public health emergencies occurring in rapid succession