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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.

Update

2 August 2022

The future of disaster resiliency and the need for a global vulnerability index

As climate change accelerates the devastation of disaster in populated environments, government leaders across the world are figuring out how to best mitigate these impacts before they happen.

International Science Council (ISC)

Update

29 July 2022

Five lessons on collective approaches to anticipatory action

Between spring 2020 and early 2022, the Centre supported OCHA in undertaking process learning on four anticipatory action (AA) pilots in Somalia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi.

Centre for Disaster Protection

Research briefs

3 August 2022

UGA research: Wildfires disproportionately affect the poor

Study finds lower-income homeowners are at higher risk of wildfire, canceled homeowners insurance.

University of Georgia

Documents and publications

3 August 2022

Financial instruments to strengthen women's economic resilience to climate change and disaster risks

This publication explores good practices in the use of financial instruments to enhance women’s economic resilience to disasters caused by natural hazard events and extreme weather conditions.

Update

1 August 2022

How to keep teen athletes safe from heat illness as sports practice begins amid a brutally hot summer

High school sports practices are starting amid a brutally hot summer in much of the country. As temperatures rise, heat illnesses are becoming an increasing risk for athletes, particularly in the first few weeks of practice.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

1 August 2022

Adapting to flood risk: Evidence from global cities

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of disasters, but the ability to cope varies widely across the globe. This column examines how city death tolls and economic activity are affected by flooding.

VOX EU

Research briefs

1 August 2022

Climate endgame: Potential for global heating to end humanity 'dangerously underexplored'

Experts call for a new ‘Climate Endgame’ research agenda, and say far too little work has gone into understanding the mechanisms by which rising temperatures might pose a catastrophic risk to society and humanity.

University of Cambridge

Update

29 July 2022

Climate change is intensifying the water cycle, bringing more powerful storms and flooding

The impact of climate change on extreme water-related events like the July 2022 floods in the U.S. is becoming increasingly evident. The storms in the U.S. followed extreme flooding this summer in India and Australia and last year in Western Europe.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

28 August 2022

Analysis: How decentralisation in Nepal is undermining climate action

Lack of coordination between central and local government is thwarting Nepal’s efforts to mitigate climate change and cope with its impacts.

The Third Pole

Update

28 July 2022

Why gender-specific data is critical to manage disaster risk

Due to existing structural gender inequalities that assign women a lower social status than men and can restrict their mobility outside the home, women have less access to effective support structures in many instances.

Asia & the Pacific Policy Society Policy Forum

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