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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.

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

Update

24 November 2022

In cold, dry Mongolia floods are now common – with devastating urban impacts

Millions of people have moved to Mongolia’s cities in the past 30 years, where a lack of infrastructure combines with more intense rainfall to cause misery in slum districts

The Third Pole

Two Mexican women walking in front of a yellow wall.

Update

24 November 2022

Let’s unite against gender-based violence and climate change crises in the Pacific

Malia Tuitupou, a volunteer at the “Women Friendly Spaces” established and supported by United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific in Tonga, still vividly remembers the aftermath of the natural hazards, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption

United Nation Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) - Asia-Pacific Regional Office

A woman talking on the phone in the streets in Bangladesh.

Update

23 November 2022

Supporting flood-prone communities in Bangladesh with local Resilience Agents

Due to the frequency of natural hazards, communities in Bangladesh are all too often fighting for survival in the face of floods, tornadoes, cyclones, sea surges, and droughts. Resilience Agents have made significant contributions in resilience-building

Flood Resilience Portal

Update

23 November 2022

Climate-fuelled disasters: Warning people is good, but stopping the disaster is best. Here are 4 possible ways to do it

Climate change is driving a worldwide increase in extreme events, and the risks of disasters are rising in Australia. This article offers four examples of potential solutions to stop bushfires, storms and floods in their tracks.

Conversation Media Group, the

Blog

21 Nov 2022

Homolata Borah: "We need to understand the importance of solution-based approaches"

Dr. Homolata Borah has been working towards reducing disaster risk for some of the most vulnerable communities living in the world’s largest inhabited river island of Majuli in the state of Assam in India.

Earthquake damage in Cianjur, West Java. November 2022

Update

23 November 2022

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example

At magnitude 5.6, the earthquake at Cianjur, West Java, was relatively small, but its shallow depth of 10km made it particularly destructive. This event should serve as a wake-up call to improve building practices.

Conversation Media Group, the

A tsunami detector buoy is floated off the Nicobar Islands, India

Update

18 November 2022

Exploring the deep: drones offer new ways to monitor sea floor

Researchers have developed a novel method for monitoring the position of the seafloor with a drone-based observation device that could revolutionize oceanographic observation for earthquake risk.

University of Tokyo

AI Learning and Artificial Intelligence Concept.

Community announcement

22 November 2022

New award highlights computing's potential to help in climate change crisis: ACM Gordon Bell Prize for climate modelling now accepting nominations

To highlight and encourage more research focused on modelling the devastating impact of climate change, ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has established the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Update

22 November 2022

COP27 outcomes emphasize early warnings, observations

The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 emphasized the need to strengthen systematic observations and to achieve universal coverage of early warning systems – two of the World Meteorological Organization’s top priorities.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Blog

23 Nov 2022

Muliagatele Filomena Nelson: “There are seats at the climate table for Pacific women”

Muliagatele Filomena Nelson is the Climate Change Adaptation Advisor at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. She helps Pacific women become active participants in the process of international climate negotiations.