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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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22 September 2021

What does it take to reduce flood and drought risks and build climate resilience in Eastern Africa?

The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) plays a strategic role in providing advanced information services such as flood and drought forecasts to all its member countries.

World Bank, the

Documents and publications

23 September 2021

Climate indicators and sustainable development: demonstrating the interconnections

The aim of this report is to demonstrate the connections between the global climate and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which go far beyond SDG 13 for climate action.

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23 September 2021

Water governance for climate resilient food systems

To mark the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit a group of 31 globally diverse practitioners and researchers, sound a clarion call for water resilience to be brought to the forefront of building resilient and sustainable food system.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Documents and publications

23 September 2021

Road map to community resilience: Operationalizing the framework for community resilience through the Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (EVCA) v2

The Road Map to Community Resilience via EVCA provides step‑by‑step guidance on how to operationalise the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Framework for Community Resilience using the EVCA process.

Documents and publications

23 September 2021

CLIMADA Climate Risk Analysis Urban flood resilience against riverine floods in Uganda and Nigeria

This report discusses how applying climate risk analysis for Kampala/Uganda and Lagos/Nigeria and demonstrates useful information of the methodology applied.

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21 September 2021

As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods, drought

As floods batter the north and dry weather parches the south, scientists warn there is more to come if Brazil does not tackle deforestation.

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

Documents and publications

22 September 2021

Climate-induced migration and modern slavery

This report discusses how Climate change and climate-induced migration heightens existing vulnerabilities of slavery.

Update

21 September 2021

Scaling up agricultural insurance in Togo

New parametric insurance products against drought and excessive rainfall launched to improve climate resilience and access to finance of Togolese smallholders farmers.

InsuResilience Solutions Fund

Update

17 September 2021

How will a changing climate affect the future of vector borne diseases?

With a changing climate, animal, insect, and plant species will either adapt or die under new environmental and climate conditions – this brings new challenges in the study of vector-borne infectious diseases.

Open Access Government

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16 September 2021

More than 139 million people hit by climate crisis and COVID-19, new IFRC analysis reveals

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-related disasters have affected the lives of at least 139.2 million people and killed more than 17,242.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre

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