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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

18 January 2022

Hungary climate resilience policy indicator

Hungary’s annual average temperature rose 1.15°C between 1907 and 2017, outpacing the global average temperature change (+0.9°C). Its warming rate has increased significantly over the last four decades, with summertime warming particularly strong.

International Energy Agency

Update

16 August 2021

Japan climate resilience policy indicator

Both the temperature and the number of days with heavy rainfall have increased in Japan, and the trend is likely to persist. With adoption of the Climate Change Adaptation Law in 2018, Japan established a legal foundation for climate change adaptation.

International Energy Agency

Update

16 August 2021

Korea climate resilience policy indicator

Korea’s average temperature expects an upwards trend, with longer summers starting earlier, and an increasing number of hot days. While incorporating energy system resilience into adaptation plans has progressed, energy sector plans are still to follow.

International Energy Agency

Update

11 April 2022

As disasters threaten Vanuatu’s economic gains, agriculture and education provide opportunities

New World Bank research has highlighted the opportunities and economic benefits that greater investment in disaster resilience could provide for Vanuatu, while emphasizing the returns of agricultural innovation and improved education.

World Bank, the

Statistics and diagrams on a European flag backdrop

Update

11 April 2022

Risk Data Hub, a renewed space to support EU countries with disaster prevention and preparedness

More than 2400 disastrous events related to natural hazards have struck Europe in the last 30 years, causing huge economic losses. The Risk Data Hub hosts resources to help authorities manage risks and justify financial support requests to cope with them.

European Commission Joint Research Centre

Wildfire and dark clouds approaching Hollywood City

Update

8 April 2022

U.S. fires quadrupled in size, tripled in frequency in 20 years

Changes such as intensifying drought, expansion into burnable land, and increasing human-caused ignitions have led to a shift in fire patterns. Recent work shows that development along wildland-urban interfaces is exposing more people to natural hazards.

American Geophysical Union

Aerial view of a devastated fishing village after Cyclone Kenneth in northern Mozambique (2019)

Research briefs

11 April 2022

Climate change increased rainfall associated with tropical cyclones hitting highly vulnerable communities in Madagascar, Mozambique & Malawi

Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and neighbouring countries suffered severe flooding after a series of tropical storms, including three cyclones, hit the region, starting with storms Ana and Batsirai in January and February 2022.

World Weather Attribution

Indian women dressed in colorful clothes selling fish at a fish market.

Update

11 April 2022

Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers

As the ocean warms and India's weather becomes more extreme, shrinking fish catches are sparking calls for aid and insurance for all workers across the industry

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

Update

24 March 2022

As climate fears mount, some in U.S. are deciding to relocate

As wildfires worsen and sea levels rise, a small but growing number of US citizens are choosing to move to places that are seen as safe havens from climate change. Researchers say this phenomenon will intensify in the coming decades.

Yale Environment 360

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Documents and publications

8 April 2022

Understanding and managing cascading and systemic risks: Lessons from COVID-19

The analysis of the COVID-19 crisis through multiple case studies unveiled complex and multi-faceted webs of cascading and systemic risks and impacts. Key in the analysis is the characterization of the network and system structure, and network dynamics.