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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.

People sitting outside during the UK heatwave

Update

9 November 2022

Heatwaves, spread of infectious diseases due to climate change growing health threats to Europeans

Unprecedented heatwaves — as seen this year — are the greatest direct climate-related health threat to Europe’s population. Heatwaves already account for numerous deaths and illnesses.

European Environment Agency

Research briefs

10 November 2022

Using monsoons of the past to predict climate conditions of the future

This study shows a warmer climate with similar conditions to the middle Pliocene brings with it potential for more intense monsoons. The research indicates that higher temperatures could cause stronger and more widespread summer rainfall in southwest USA.

University of Connecticut

Documents and publications

11 November 2022

Empowering communities to advocate for their own resilience

This case study, from Bangladesh, shows how simultaneously providing communities with hard evidence of capacities and needs while strengthening community-government relationships can lead to local government investment in resilience.

Where it matters most: Smart climate financing for the hardest hit people

Documents and publications

10 November 2022

Where it matters most: Smart climate financing for the hardest hit people

This publication sets out a vision for a smart, risk-informed and locally led approach to making climate finance count for those hit hardest by climate change.

Update

8 November 2022

Rolling the dice: Learning through games to make better decisions for resilience

Game simulations as a tool are increasingly being used to train pilots, operators, defense strategists, and many other professions that demand complex decision-making.

World Bank, the

Research briefs

8 November 2022

Tropical cyclones act as 'massive heat pumps' that fuel extreme heat

Researchers at the University of Arizona have found that extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones – complicating disaster recovery even further.

University of Arizona

Update

8 November 2022

Climate change means farmers in West Africa need more ways to combat pests

The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established by research and evidence.

Conversation Media Group, the

Teacher giving out books at a school in Mozambique.

Update

8 November 2022

Building weather resilient classrooms for better future in Mozambique

The World Bank helps rehabilitate more than 700 weather-resilient classrooms across the country to protect investments in human capital. The investments include transfer of technical and knowledge skills necessary to build resilient infrastructure.

World Bank, the

Mozambique Red Cross early warning drill

Update

7 November 2022

Early Warnings for All Action Plan unveiled at COP27

It will cost just 50 cents per person per year for the next five years to reach everyone on Earth with early warnings against increasingly extreme & dangerous weather, according to a plan unveiled by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)