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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.

Local school children on tropical island with their teacher

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30 January 2023

Solomon Islands children sing their way to safety

Solomon Islands is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the Pacific region and in the world. In 2021, the World Risk Report put the Solomon Islands as the second most at risk country when it comes to disasters.

Caritas - Australia

Areal view on Johannesburg, South Africa.

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26 January 2023

Heat stress is rising in southern Africa – climate experts show where and when it’s worst

Depending on where we live, we may feel too cold in winter, and too hot in summer. As we’re writing this in late January 2023 many southern Africans are probably feeling very hot and fatigued; a prolonged regional heatwave began around 9 January.

Conversation Media Group, the

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19 January 2023

Türkiye’s financial sector needs to prepare for intensifying climate-related risks

Türkiye’s geographic location, population density and distribution, and socioeconomic factors make it highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and other environmental and natural hazards, as detailed in the World Bank’s report.

World Bank, the

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25 January 2023

AON: Global insured losses from disasters exceeded $130 billion in 2022, driven by second-costliest event on record

Annual Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight report reveals $313 billion global economic loss from natural catastrophes. Prominence of droughts and heatwaves highlighted growing importance of these perils in a warming world.

Aon PLC

Documents and publications

26 January 2023

2023 Weather, climate and catastrophe insight

This report identifies global disaster and climate trends to help make better decisions to manage volatility and enhance global resilience. It reveals that disasters caused a $313 billion global economic loss during the 12-month period under review.

Riksha drivers walking through the flooded streets in Bangladesh in 2020.

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25 January 2023

Stability eludes climate refugees in Bangladesh’s sinking cities

Millions of displaced people have moved to Dhaka and Chittagong in search of safer ground, but these metropolises are subsiding under the pressures of rapid urbanisation

The Third Pole

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26 January 2023

New automated weather monitoring equipment a major upgrade to Vanuatu's climate resilience

Last month, a new Automated Weather Station (AWS) was installed at the Vanuatu Agricultural Research and Training Centre in Luganville. Two Automatic Rainfall Gauges (ARG) were installed at the villages of Vunaspef and Sarakata Hydro.

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Superstorm Sandy Hoboken, NJ. Flooded streets and cars at the corner of Willow ST and 4th ST. Fire truck plowing through.

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24 January 2023

New report shows the U.S. insurance industry provides inadequate coverage for climate-related disasters

Ceres released a new report that finds U.S. climate-related disaster insurance is often inaccessible, unaffordable, or does not meet the needs of certain populations.

Ceres

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30 November 2022

Climate risk digital solutions: a $4 billion market by 2027

The global market for climate risk digital solutions will grow from around $880 million in 2021 (our baseline year) to more than $4 billion in 2027, according to the Verdantix Climate Risk Digital Solutions Market Size & Forecast.

Verdantix