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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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18 November 2024

Information brief: The platform on disaster displacement and planned relocation

These brief displays frameworks, processes and guidance relevant to planned relocation that exist at the global, regional and national level, offering an overview of the Platform on Disaster Displacement's engagement on planned relocation from 2016-2024.

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18 November 2024

Young people’s guide to climate change and children’s health

This report is a global summary of the existing literature on how six key climate-related hazards – extreme heat, wildfires, droughts, floods and storms, ecosystem changes and air pollution – impact children’s health and well-being.

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18 November 2024

European flood awareness system – A technical assessment of CEMS EFAS performance during the floods in Northern Germany in December 2023/January 2024

This report verifies the performance of EFAS service with regard to forecast accuracy; communication clarity and timeliness. In December 2023/January 2024 extensive flooding occurred in Northern Germany in the Ems, Weser and Elbe catchments.

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18 November 2024

Review of the environment sector in hydrometeorological post-disaster needs assessments (PDNAs)

This study reviews how environmental impacts are assessed in hydrometeorological post-disaster needs assessments (PDNAs), a tool used for evaluating disaster effects on sectors like ecosystems, and proposes improvements for PDNA methodology.

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18 November 2024

Exploring the inclusion of soil management practices in erosion models towards the improvement of post-fire predictions

This study aimed to integrate pre-fire land management practices into erosion models, to enhance post-fire sediment losses predictions at slope scale. The results revealed fluctuations in both models across different soil management since the wildfire.

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18 November 2024

The cost of inaction: Quantifying the impact of climate change on health in low- and middle-income countries

This report aims to address the existing knowledge gap and provide a deeper understanding of the interconnection between climate and health, in terms of the risks to human health and the economic burden of these risks.

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18 November 2024

Review of landslide inventories for Nepal between 2010 and 2021 reveals data gaps in global landslide hotspot

This review of landslide inventories provides an essential assessment of the state of knowledge around landslide hazard and can guide the focus of future studies.

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18 November 2024

Addressing heatwave impacts on hospital admissions in an Italian region

This study explores the dynamic of emergency department (ED) access during heat waves, showing that heat waves above 39 perceived degrees Celsius significantly increase the number of ED visits in Campania, Italy.