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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.

What was known: Weather forecast availability and communication in conflict-affected countries

Documents and publications

7 December 2022

What was known: Weather forecast availability and communication in conflict-affected countries

This paper examines the efficacy of Early Warning Early Action in conflict-affected countries: whether global forecast models predicted historical floods in conflict-affected regions and whether forecast information was communicated for droughts.

Blog

07 Dec 2022

Fatoumatta L Sisay

Communities, contingency plans, and nature-based approaches: The Gambia’s path to resilience

The Gambia is building resilience, to reduce the impacts of hazards, so that they needn’t result in disaster. The country's National Disaster Management Agency recently joined MCR2030 as a way to make The Gambia more resilient to hazards.

Update

6 December 2022

Powerful Miami Affordability Project tool now updated with data, visuals showing the impacts of extreme heat

Among the tools included as part of CAMP is the newest iteration of CCE’s Miami Affordability Project (MAP), which offers users a powerful, data-driven mapping tool to identify areas of need for affordable housing and environmental justice investment.

University of Miami

Persons with disabilities in situations of risk: A scoping study on Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Documents and publications

6 December 2022

Persons with disabilities in situations of risk: A scoping study on Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This report looks at strengthening the connection between DRR and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to reinforce efforts to enhance the protection of persons with disabilities in disaster risk situations.

Research briefs

2 December 2022

Enhancing earthquake detection from orbit

A new application of machine learning boosts scientists’ ability to use data from satellite navigation systems to detect and warn of earthquakes.

Eos - AGU

Documents and publications

6 December 2022

Evaluation of the European Union's humanitarian interventions in disaster preparedness

This report presents the results of the evaluation of the EU’s humanitarian interventions in disaster preparedness. The scope included preparedness-related activities funded globally from 2015 to 2020.

Research briefs

5 December 2022

The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why

UChicago research offers first concrete explanation for difference, and show it is getting even stormier over time

University of Chicago

Update

4 December 2022

Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought

A new wheat variety has been bred by crossing commercial and wild wheats in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis.

Guardian, the (UK)

Update

24 October 2022

Losses from climate change: €145 billion in a decade

Climate change drives extreme weather and climate-related events, which in turn lead to economic losses. Such events, including heat waves, floods and storms, have caused over €145 billion in economic losses in the EU over the past decade.

European Union

Truck carrying hay on a road covered with water after a flood. Altai, Mongolia.

Update

30 November 2022

The climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis

Climate-related disasters are driving increased levels of risks, vulnerability human rights abuses, disrupting livelihoods, increasing displacement, influencing the spread of diseases, worsening global public health and threatening lives overall.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs