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Every week the PreventionWeb team of editors selects the latest news and research, reports and publications on disaster risk reduction – here is their selection of the latest must-read content.

Journalist writing notes in his phone and on paper while holding his microphone in a heavy flooded area in Thailand.

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27 March 2023

Connecting the dots: the importance of recognising multi-hazard events in disaster reporting

Despite growing awareness among disaster risk researchers and managers of the importance of adopting a multi-hazard approach [10,11], complex multi-hazard events are often not recognised and reported upon.

European Geosciences Union

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23 March 2023

Alerting vulnerable communities to extreme weather

Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a 'nowcasting' system to get accurate, short-range weather forecasts of extreme weather to socially disadvantaged communities in South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique.

University of Leeds

People take bath to keep them self cool from heat wave

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28 March 2023

How is India adapting to heatwaves?: an assessment of heat action plans with insights for transformative climate action

HAPs are India’s primary policy response to economically damaging and life threatening heatwaves.

The Centre for Policy Research

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27 March 2023

The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here's why:

Warm weather is a key ingredient in tornadoes and climate change is altering the environment in which these kinds of storms form. But the research into the link between climate and tornadoes still lags behind that of other extreme weather events.

NPR

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27 March 2023

SMART warnings could protect communities at risk from flooding

Flash floods are damaging to the lives and property of vulnerable people, but could a 'SMART' approach help to better signal impending risk from flooding?

University of Birmingham

Woman fetching water from a borehole, Nigeria.

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24 March 2023

Water scarcity on Nigeria’s coast is hardest on women: 6 steps to ease the burden

Climate change is worsening water scarcity in Nigeria's coastal areas, and women, who are responsible for fetching water, cooking and other household chores, bear the brunt of this crisis. A gender-sensitive and inclusive solution is needed.

Conversation Media Group, the

Skyline of Santiago de Chile during sunrise. View of the city and the mountains in the background.

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24 March 2023

The Chile cat bond – taking the temperature

The Republic of Chile has just purchased its second World Bank intermediated catastrophe bond. This is the first real test of World Bank intermediated cat bonds in what is currently an expensive market for buyers.

Centre for Disaster Protection

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23 March 2023

Mexican businesses launch collaborative platform to improve disaster risk reduction

A coalition of Mexican businesses has launched a virtual platform to foster collaboration between the private sector, the Government, the UN and humanitarian partners in emergencies.

Connecting Business initiative

A boy dressed in his school uniform is walking though his flooded school ground.

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23 March 2023

An education in climate change

A multidisciplinary climate change curriculum for high schools, developed at MIT, aims to engage and mobilize teachers and students.

Massachussets Institute of Technology

Young woman and a child sitting at a market in Mauritania

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20 March 2023

10 countries at risk of climate disaster

This article presents 10 countries researchers have identified as most at risk of climate disaster. The IRC and WRI analyzed where climate crises are likely to occur and whether affected countries have the capacity to respond in vulnerable communities.

International Rescue Committee