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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.

An Indian girl wearing a hat to protect her from the sun and the heat with a bottle of water in her hands.

Update

4 May 2022

Why India’s heatwave has turned out the lights

As people across the country crank up the AC, the grid is struggling to cope: a peek into a future in which climate change drives more extreme weather.

The Third Pole

Bird's view on a neighborhood with houses in Australia.

Update

3 May 2022

Uninsurable nation: Australia's most climate-vulnerable places

Climate Change, driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas is supercharging our weather systems. While climate change affects all Australians, the risks are not shared equally. In the most extreme instances, areas may become uninhabitable.

Climate Council of Australia

Update

27 April 2022

Draft National Adaptation Plan for climate resilience

The Ministry for the Environment have released the draft National Adaptation Plan, which proposes actions to help Aotearoa New Zealand to adapt to and live with the future impacts of climate change.

Building Performance

A boat filled with people who are being rescued from the floods in Malaysia.

Update

2 May 2022

'Surprise' urban Malaysia floods drive pleas for climate action

Widespread flooding across Malaysia starting late last year shocked urban residents, with green groups urging a new approach as climate change impacts become more severe

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

People take bath to keep them self cool from heat wave

Update

29 April 2022

How to survive a heatwave

With summer still months away, an unusually intense heatwave is threatening millions of people on the Indian subcontinent. What can people do to weather the worst and prepare for a future of extreme heat?

Conversation Media Group, the

Two Syrian women walking through the streets with their four children.

Update

2 May 2022

How drought is shifting gender dynamics in northeast Syria

Gender imbalances in northeast Syria are long-standing and only getting worse due to the drought - but women are bearing the brunt both at work and at home

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

Research briefs

28 April 2022

Space-based system using GPS satellites could warn of incoming tsunamis

A new method for detecting tsunamis using existing GPS satellites orbiting Earth could serve as an effective warning system for countries worldwide, according to a new study by an international team led by UCL researchers.

University College London

Community announcement

29 April 2022

CDRI Resilient Infrastructure Marketplace at ICDRI 2022

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is organizing its annual flagship conference, the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) 2022, from 4-6 May 2022.

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Documents and publications

29 April 2022

Scoping study on compound, cascading and systemic risks in Asia-Pacific

This study presents an important opportunity to explore the challenges and potential associated with better understanding and managing of compound, cascading and systemic risks in the Asia Pacific region.

Temple in Kathmandu, needing support due to earthquake damage

Update

28 April 2022

Post-disaster reconstruction: lessons from Nepal and Pakistan

No two disasters are the same, and neither are their aftermaths. However, the topographies of the earthquake-affected regions and the approaches taken to respond to the earthquakes were similar in both Sout Asian nations.

World Bank, the