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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.

Villagers going home on an improvised raft during the monsoon flooding in Thailand, 2010

Update

15 November 2022

UNICEF calls for investment in world’s first child-focused climate risk financing solution

Focusing on eight cyclone-prone countries across multiple regions, the $30 million risk transfer financing platform seeks to support 15 million children, youth and women over an initial three-year pilot.

United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)

Mr Christos Stylianides, Greece's Minister Climate Crisis speaking during the Action-Oriented Dialogue organized in Athens, Greece on 21 October 2022.

Interview

15 Nov 2022

“The climate crisis is already here, it's real” – and Greece is taking it seriously

Christos Stylianides, Greece’s Minister for the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, tells PreventionWeb about his unique role, and how his ministry is tackling adaptation and resilience.

Indigenous people at an assembly in Brasil

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15 November 2022

Effects of climate change such as flooding makes existing disadvantages for Indigenous communities so much worse

Spring is here, and with it comes the threat of more floods. Australia is currently experiencing its third consecutive year of a La Niña weather cycle. This means we expect more rainfall than average over the spring and summer months.

Conversation Media Group, the

Research briefs

15 November 2022

Dam safety: study indicates probable maximum flood events will significantly increase over next 80 years

Industry-funded research says existing models for potential maximum rainfall are out of date and suggests existing dams are at greater risk due to spillway inadequacy.

University of New South Wales

People crossing a flood river in Durban floods, South Africa (2022)

Update

14 November 2022

New study spotlights Africa cities’ natural ability to absorb rainfall

A new study published by Arup has revealed the “sponginess”, or natural ability to absorb rainwater, of five cities’ urban centres across Africa. This comes as leaders at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh turn their attention to Water Day.

Arup International Development

Documents and publications

15 November 2022

The good climate finance guide for investing in locally led adaptation

The purpose of this guide is to showcase different ways that Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) has been financed and implemented in different contexts in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific.

Interview

14 Nov 2022

Adair Ackley Gina Bonne

Gina Bonne: Coordinating island states to cope with the climate emergency

Careers in resilience: As Head of the Environment and Climate Change Department for the Indian Ocean Commission, Gina Bonne assists island states to manage climate change-related issues and disaster risk reduction.

Cooling buildings sustainably in Europe: exploring the links between climate change mitigation and adaptation, and their social impacts

Documents and publications

14 November 2022

Cooling buildings sustainably in Europe: Exploring the links between climate change mitigation and adaptation, and their social impacts

This briefing explores the nexus between climate change adaptation and mitigation, and the health and social justice aspects of cooling Europe’s buildings. It focuses specifically on residential buildings.

Documents and publications

14 November 2022

10 new insights in climate science 2022

Presents 10 salient insights from recent climate change research, revealing the complexities of the interactions between climate change and other risks, such as conflicts, pandemics, food crises and underlying development challenges.

Three people carrying bags of onions through flood water.

Update

14 November 2022

Economic losses from extreme weather rocket in Asia

Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6 billion, affecting nearly 50 million people.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)