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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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12 August 2021

Insights for African countries from the latest climate change projections

The IPCC report projects an increase in average temperatures and hot extremes as well as the increased frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events across Africa.

Conversation Media Group, the

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12 August 2021

Disaster-mapping drones often neglect deadliest, costliest events and hardest-hit areas

Organizations have been using drones but there is a critical knowledge gap of standard applications and lack of standard procedures within the humanitarian sector.

Conversation Media Group, the

The Mojosongo Community-Based Disaster Preparedness Team (SIBAT) clears the garbage that has piled up in the drainage channel

Update

11 August 2021

Small towns need big focus on resilience

Supporting regional communities to respond to the increasing threat of climate-fuelled disasters has never been more vital.

University of New South Wales

Unidentified woman riding a scooter through a flooded street

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10 August 2021

Bleak future feared for Asia's disaster-prone poor after UN climate report

Global warming effects may worsen inequalities in a region where many people rely on natural resources to eke out a living and are vulnerable to extreme weather and rising seas

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

Wildfire during the night reflected in a water body

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8 August 2021

Wildfires increasingly impact rivers and water supplies

Wildfires are increasing in frequency, severity, duration and extent with potentially catastrophic impacts on river systems and water supplies.

Water Science Policy

Update

22 July 2021

Big Data-derived tool facilitates closer monitoring of recovery from disasters

Texas A&M researchers have mined location-based data to essential establishments during Hurricane Harvey to develop a framework for monitoring communities’ resilience.

Texas A&M University System

Update

9 August 2021

The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the water cycle has been intensifying and will continue to intensify as the planet warms.

Conversation Media Group, the

Lines of people waiting to collect natural spring water for drinking during the drought in Cape Town, South Africa (2018)

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9 August 2021

Latest IPCC report highlights how climate change is causing extreme events and exacerbating risks of floods and droughts

The new IPCC Working Group I report, explores the science underpinning past, present, and future climate change, addresses the most critical questions of recent years.

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Orange skies in San Francisco, USA caused by wildfires in 2020

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9 August 2021

IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the IPCC report.

United Nations - Headquarters

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6 August 2021