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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.

Blog

08 Sep 2021

Johan Rockström Nathanial Matthews

From risk to resilience

What are the five resilience attributes that help resilience flourish?

Interview

08 Sep 2021

Ruth Timauku

Ruth Timauku: “Women are taking leading roles in their communities”

“I was interested in the work of disaster risk reduction because when I was a small girl, a cyclone hit my community,” Ruth recalls.

Blog

08 Sep 2021

Ida Gabrielsson

Moving the needle - coastal risk to resilience

Bringing together local stakeholders, investment, and international cooperation creates opportunities to transform from risk to resilience.

Ravaged residential area after cyclonic storm Amphan hit the city of Kolkatta

Update

8 September 2021

Human activity the common link between disasters around the world, says UN report

Disasters such as cyclones, floods, and droughts are more connected than we might think, and human activity is the common thread, a UN report released on Wednesday reveals.

United Nations News Centre

Child walking in an inundated area in Fiji following Cyclone Winston in 2016

Update

2 September 2021

New insurance product to aid fight against climate change in the Pacific

The parametric product also addresses a key UN objective in the region: to improve resilience against climate change and support disaster risk management in the Pacific.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Educational materials

7 September 2021

Disaster resilience education for young people handbook

The guidance in this handbook provides organisations with high-level principles and strategies to design, implement and evaluate learning programs and initiatives for young people.

Documents and publications

6 September 2021

The social construction of systemic risk towards an actionable framework for risk governance

This paper aims to foster the understanding of systemic risk and the actionable ways of promoting risk governance at local and national levels, while promoting cross-practice collaboration within UNDP on risk reduction and prevention.

Interview

06 Sep 2021

Aiping Chen

Aiping Chen: “We need to emphasize how exposed women are to the impacts of climate change"

“If women's involvement also becomes an essential step in screening those project proposals, and their leadership will be encouraged, that would be a success,” Aiping says.

"The flood mural is a collaborative effort between Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority (NDRRMA), the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Rajapur Municipality, and the Youth Innovation Lab. The activity was carried out first in the classroom where children were allowed to express their experience living with flood through drawings and artistic expression. In the mural, ominous clouds hinted at relentless rain, conveying a message about future flood risks amidst climate

Feature

6 September 2021

Early warning systems saving lives during Nepal’s monsoon

The growing use of mass media and early warning systems through data collected from meteorological and hydrological stations and the rainfall-runoff model is proving effective in saving lives in Nepal.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

Assessment of physical vulnerability of buildings and socio-economic vulnerability of residents to rainfall induced cut slope failures

Documents and publications

6 September 2021

Assessment of physical vulnerability of buildings and socio-economic vulnerability of residents to rainfall induced cut slope failures: A case study in central highlands, Sri Lanka

This report discusses how In landslide-prone areas, the vulnerability of housing structures is assessed so that adaptation methods can be introduced to reduce risk.