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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.

Satellite image of Hurrican Ian heading towards Florida, USA.

Update

7 October 2022

New satellite mapping with AI can quickly pinpoint hurricane damage across an entire state to spot where people may be trapped

Hurricane Ian left an extraordinarily broad path of destruction across much of South Florida. That was evident in reports from the ground, but it also shows up in satellite data.

Conversation Media Group, the

This image shows a tiny fishing community with red colored houses next to the arctic ocean during wintertime with snow, in northern Norway called Bugoynes.

Research briefs

5 October 2022

Who has your back in a weather emergency?

When neighbors know who they can turn to during storms and heat waves, communities are more resilient to climate change. Tufts researchers are helping to build those social connections.

Tufts University

Update

7 October 2022

Should coastal communities rebuild or retreat after Hurricane Ian?

Hurricane Ian struck Florida on September 28 and the damages are still being tallied. It may turn out to be one of the most destructive storms ever recorded in U.S. history.

Columbia Climate School

Harnessing risk-informed data for disaster and climate resilience

Documents and publications

10 October 2022

Harnessing risk-informed data for disaster and climate resilience

Disaster and climate risks result from a complex interaction between hazard, exposure, and vulnerability in a broad context defined by socioeconomic, political, and ecological factors. We need to collect, store, analyse, and use risk-informed data.

Man holding a loud speaker for early warning in Bangladesh.

Blog

10 Oct 2022

Ioana Creitaru - UNDP Beth Allen - UNDP

What if technological innovation is the future of early warning systems?

This blog explores how, in an uncertain world of fast-changing hazards, technological innovation can pave the road to a future where every person is protected by an early warning system.

An African woman carries a jerry can of well water on her head

Update

10 October 2022

Heatwaves account for some of the deadliest disasters and are intensifying, warn the UN humanitarian relief agency and IFRC ahead of COP27

New report details how extreme heat events foreshadow a less habitable world.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre

Meetings and conferences

Makati City

13 October 2022

Online

IDDRR 2022: Family and community resilience fair

Research briefs

5 October 2022

Study shows challenge of promoting citizen science to help prevent disasters caused by flooding

An application developed in collaboration with vulnerable communities to transmit early warnings of the risk of floods and environmental disasters has become public policy in Brazil, and the methodology is being replicated for use elsewhere.

São Paulo Research Foundation (Agência FAPESP)

Cover of Behavior change in the face of disaster risk finance

Documents and publications

7 October 2022

Behavior change in the face of disaster risk finance

This paper seeks to answer two questions in this Conversation Starter: Does the presence of DRF or similar mechanisms cause behavior change in people covered and if so, how? What role does risk communication play in DRF and behavior change?