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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.

Bangkok residents navigate heavy floods by boat

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20 October 2021

Cities worldwide aren’t adapting to climate change quickly enough

Around the globe, cities will face a much higher probability of extreme weather events. The brunt of costs will be borne by their most vulnerable residents: the old, the poor and others who lack wealth and political connections to protect themselves.

Conversation Media Group, the

Documents and publications

20 October 2021

Budgeting for climate change: A guidance note for governments to integrate climate change into budgeting

This paper serves as guidance for governments in integrating climate change into budgeting as Ministries of Finance respond to climate change and take a more integrated approach to the social, environmental and economic objectives of the 2030 Agenda.

People working on water extraction around a well in Senegal (2007)

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19 October 2021

Climate change triggers mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa

The State of the Climate in Africa 2020 report provides a snapshot of climate change trends and impacts, including sea level rise and the melting of the continent’s iconic glaciers.

World Health Organization (WHO)

The Extinction Rebellion protesting climate change while occupying Bank, London with a sign reading "Climate Change is a Health Emergency"

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18 October 2021

Climate action needed to avert ‘health catastrophe’

To achieve sustained recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid an “impending health catastrophe”, countries must commit to targeted action on climate change, health experts have urged ahead of the UN climate summit, COP26.

Science and Development Network

The catastrophic mudflow destroyed a road between national parks Manyara and Ngorongoro. Car traffic was restored on the same day in Tanzania

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18 October 2021

Staying afloat: New evidence on how firms in Tanzania cope with flooding

In April 2018, cities across Tanzania experienced severe flooding, which displaced over 2,000 households in the country’s commercial capital of Dar es Salaam. By one estimate, the flooding in Dar es Salaam affected up to 1.7 million people.

World Bank, the

Coverpage of "Risk-informed development: A strategy tool for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into development"

Documents and publications

18 October 2021

Risk-informed development: A strategy tool for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into development

This strategy tool addresses repeated calls for practical guidance on integrating both disaster and climate related risks into development, and an approach that helps overcome policy siloes and fosters joined-up implementation and localization.

Young activists at the COP22 UN climate summit take part in a flash-mob dance protest in Jemaa el-Fnaa, the central plaza in Marrakesh, Morocco, November 10, 2016.

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17 October 2021

COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference

The 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, popularly known as COP26, is happening at a time when the world has just experienced one of the warmest years on record.

Conversation Media Group, the

Multiethnic group that chooses a sustainable, environmentally friendly way of life: People collecting and recycling waste in a park, growing plants and using renewable energy, ecology and cooperation concept.

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15 October 2021

Seven ways to save lives on the frontline of the climate crisis

We came up with seven critical changes to mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health in vulnerable regions of the world.

Conversation Media Group, the

A man rows his boat off the coast of Dili, East Timor

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8 October 2021

Major new project to enhance early warning systems for increased climate resilience in Timor-Leste

The Green Climate Fund has approved a USD 21.7 million project to support the establishment of end-to-end climate information services and multi-hazard early warning systems in Timor-Leste. Eighty percent of Timorese are expected to directly benefit.

United Nations Environment Programme

A teacher and schoolchildren plant seedlings in Kediri, Indonesia

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12 October 2021

Success story: Community based peatlands restoration and protecting the ancestor legacy

The program focuses on enhancing community capacity to prevent and mitigate peatland fires, combined with efforts to restore peatland hydrology – by rewetting, replanting native tree species and gradually phasing-out the palm oil palms.

Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction