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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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23 August 2022

As drought dries up the Yangtze river, China loses hydropower

No rain and a 70-day heat wave spur crop failures, power cuts, and dangerously-low reservoirs across parts of China.

Grist Magazine

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23 August 2022

Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather

The research estimates that between 2011 and 2020 there were between 12,000 and 19,000 heat-related child deaths per year in Africa. Additional deaths due to climate change cancel out the recent reductions due to developmental improvements.

Conversation Media Group, the

People of different race, age and ethnicities shoveling a hole together in a green space.

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23 August 2022

One disaster after another: why we must act on the reasons some communities are facing higher risks

The New Zealand town of Nelson remains in a state of emergency, with nearly 500 homes evacuated, after the region received more than three times its average August rainfall in less than five days last week.

Conversation Media Group, the

A Ming dynasty bridge is exposed by very low water levels in a river in Jiangxi province, China

Research briefs

22 August 2022

The magnitude and risk of extreme regional heatwave events in China increase rapidly under global warming

A recent study revealed an approximate doubling in both the frequency and the magnitude of regional heatwave events observed over 1960–2018 in China.

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wide swathes of land is flooded in Manitoba, Canada

Research briefs

22 August 2022

Vulnerable communities face a higher risk of socio-economic injustice due to flood hazards

Traditionally-recognized socially vulnerable groups in Canada bear a disproportionate burden of flood risks.

University of Waterloo

Indigenous Fijian girl walking on flooded land in Fiji

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19 August 2022

What the World Can Learn from Fiji’s National Climate Finance Strategy

As part of the partnership with the Fijian Climate Change and International Cooperation Division (CCICD), WRI’s Finance Center helped develop a National Climate Finance Strategy for Fiji.

World Resources Institute

Forecast weather isobar night map of Asia, wind fronts and temperature vector diagram.

Research briefs

19 August 2022

Advanced real-time prediction of storms with 30-second refresh

A new-generation weather radar and a massive supercomputing system enables forecasts of storms refreshed every 30 seconds, a significant development in severe weather prediction.

Eos - AGU

Documents and publications

22 August 2022

Strategies to end violence against children in a changing climate

This white paper assesses a select number of strategies in moving towards the goal of ending violence against children amid climate change.

A woman farmer harvests wheat in Lahore, Pakistan

Research briefs

20 August 2022

Climate change likely to raise wheat prices in food-insecure regions and exacerbate economic inequality

Researchers predict that wheat yield is likely to increase at high latitudes and decrease in low latitudes, meaning that prices for the grain are likely to change unevenly and increase in much of the Global South, enhancing existing inequalities.

Chinese Academy of Sciences