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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.

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

Update

8 December 2022

The climate crisis disrupts the education of 40 million children every year

A new position paper addresses the climate, environment, and biodiversity crises in and through gilrs' education. The position paper calls for ensuring continuity of education for all in the face of increasing extreme weather events and emergencies.

Education Cannot Wait

Update

7 December 2022

Invest today in climate resilience to avoid blackouts and rising costs

A new report documents the amplitude and acceleration of extreme weather impacts on the power sector. Investment is needed in the entire system – both in grids and generation assets.

Eurelectric

Documents and publications

9 December 2022

Catalogue of best practices for building flood resilience

This document showcases some of the measures which have been successfully implemented by Indian and global cities towards mitigating floods and building water resilience.

Research briefs

6 December 2022

Estimating forest desiccation to better predict fire danger

This study describes a model to predict canopy water content during drought and heat waves, which could enable the development of fire danger forecasting models that include the role of vegetation in their calculations.

National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment

Lessons learned in floods: enhancing flood resilience

Documents and publications

9 December 2022

Lessons learned in floods: Enhancing flood resilience

This publication – containing three real-life case studies from across the globe showing the impacts of flooding, key learnings, and future risk mitigation measures – has been produced to help companies enhance their flood resilience.

Research briefs

2 December 2022

Precipitation anomalies induced by climate change widen inequality by harming the poorest

This study discusses how precipitation anomalies brought about by climate change particularly hurt the poorest, especially in countries that heavily rely on the agricultural sector.

VOX EU

Four African women sitting next to each other on a bench in a room of people.

Update

8 December 2022

NORCAP boosts female climate experts in Africa to better meet communities’ needs

NORCAP is rolling out an initiative to increase the number of female climate services experts in Africa and better meet the needs of communities hurt by climate change.

Norwegian Refugee Council

Man on the phone looking at a wildfire in a residential area in California, USA (2021).

Research briefs

8 December 2022

Americans are flocking to wildfire: U.S. migration study

People are trading hurricane zones for wildfire areas, says national study of migration, natural disasters, and climate change

University of Vermont

Two indigenous people demonstrating fire making craft.

Research briefs

7 December 2022

For 400 years, Indigenous tribes buffered climate's impact on wildfires in the American Southwest

A new study led by SMU suggests bringing “good fire” back to the U.S. and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once did, could potentially blunt the role of climate in triggering today’s wildfires.

Southern Methodist University

Update

1 December 2022

How is Vietnam’s Mekong Delta adapting to a changing climate?

A World Bank-financed project has significantly strengthened farmers’ ability to cope with climate-related uncertainty. Embankments help a large farming area withstand the floods while capturing the rich floodwater to nourish the crop.

World Bank, the