In the changed and still changing climate, extreme precipitation events are rapidly intensifying. The resulting urban floods impact a built environment designed for the past, and rural floods threaten food security in many countries. Join us here to develop a a better understanding of the probability of extreme urban and rural floods are changing and of the risks associated with the impacts of these events on the built environment and our food security. Help us to find pathways to adapt the built environment in a proactive, socially just, and economically feasible way for a future with extreme river and urban flooding. Help us to develop a food supply system that is resilient in the face of widespread loss of agricultural production due to extreme rural floods.
[Apr. 25, 2026] Women are ‘the first to die’: Mariana Rosetti and Paola Churchill in the article “Three disasters in three years: Brazil’s deadly floods show women are ‘the first to die’ when extreme weather hits” published in the Guardian point out that the changing climate is accelerating the frequency of devastating weather-related events across the world that displacing millions and disproportionately affecting women. Based on three extreme events in Brazil, the authors underline that the built environment is not prepared for these events.
