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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.

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Documents and publications

State of the climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 highlight the far-reaching repercussions for ecosystems, food and water security, human health and poverty.
Two painted hands arranging twigs for indigenous burning in Australia
Research briefs

New research in Arnhem Land reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning

Using the stone country of the Arnhem Land Plateau as a case study, new research reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning, and how environmental outcomes from both practices compare to each other.
Conversation Media Group, the
The Ahr river flows past houses destroyed by floods in Insul, Germany (2021)
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Climate change and land-use changes increase likelihood of flood events

Two studies by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology investigated effects of precipitation, evaporation, water flow, and runoff on flooding. To improve preparedness, risk assessments shall emphasize landscape, river courses, and sediment transport.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Fire fighters in clouds of smoke during a wild fire in Greece
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Do these heat waves mean climate change is happening faster than expected?

General warming predictions are still on track, but recent heat waves are a stress test for the modeling of extreme events. Are they more extreme than studies had predicted they would be, given the levels of greenhouse gases now in the atmosphere?
MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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WIN DRR Leadership Awards 2022: Rising Star award - Finalists

Twelve inspiring women are the finalists for the 2022 Rising Star Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction Leadership Award.
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Documents and publications

When disasters and pandemic collide: what does it mean to ASEAN, now and into the future?

With the publication of the third edition of the ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (ARMOR) the AHA Centre continues to provide well-researched and in-depth analysis of issues relating to disaster management in the ASEAN region.
People cooling off in a fountain in Chicago
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How record-setting heat waves in cities across UK, US and mainland Europe could punish economies already reeling from inflation

Hundreds of millions of people struggled to keep cool amid a sweltering summer heat wave as cities across the U.S. and mainland Europe experienced record-high temperatures. It also has significant impacts on the broader economy.
Conversation Media Group, the
View on Tien Shan mountain peaks and lake, Kyrgyzst Republic
Research briefs

Desert climate overtaking more of Central Asia

Rising annual temperatures and dwindling yearly precipitation across the mid-latitudes of Central Asia have extended its desert climate 60 miles northward since the 1980s, says a recent study led by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A cooling center sign in Vancouver, Canada amidst a heatwave
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Better emergency preparedness can protect older adults from climate change

Last summer brought scorching hot temperatures and record-breaking heatwaves to British Columbia. Unfortunately, the heat was not the only record that skyrocketed — what followed was a chain of extreme weather events.
Conversation Media Group, the
A train waits at an Oxfordshire, UK station in the daytime heat
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Britain isn’t built to withstand 40°C – here is where infrastructure is most likely to fail

Despite its capacity and resources to adapt to warmer temperatures, very little has been done in the UK over the past ten years to address overheating in buildings and the rising risk to critical infrastructure.
Conversation Media Group, the
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