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Wildfire raging near houses
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Blaze blowback: 7 surprising spillovers from wildfire

Fires create new risks like toxic contaminants in drinking water, where plastic pipes exposed to intense heat leach harmful substances, affecting communities unaware of compromised water quality. And more.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Two construction workers working on railway tracks.
Update

High temperatures can cause train tracks to buckle and kink

As the climate warms, intensifying heat waves are throwing the U.S. passenger rail system off schedule.
Yale Climate Connections
Two women dressed in the traditional Indian Saree are walking through the narrow streets of the blue city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Update

The novel structure behind a parametric solution for SEWA in South-East Asia

Following the May 2024 heat waves in India, insurance payouts for lost income were made to over 46,000 women in South-East Asia. This represented a relative novelty where insurance payouts and a direct cash assistance programme had been combined.
Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)
Water flowing from a blue pump pipe
Research briefs

Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk

The growth of cities worldwide is contributing to more intense drought conditions in many cities, including Sydney, a new Chinese study has found.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

A gender-transformative climate change programming guide: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean

This guide and accompanying tools have been developed to support and encourage UNICEF country offices globally, partners and stakeholders to plan and implement gender-transformative climate change programmes.
Sewage water
Update

Climate change is making us sick, literally

The risk of acute gastrointestinal illness increases by up to 62% after certain kinds of sewer overflows, according to recent research. And with increasing extreme rainfall events in the forecast, climate change could make the problem worse.
Yale Climate Connections
A young boy walking across a refugee camp in Syria.
Update

How AI is advancing socioeconomic insights into disaster displacement

To better understand and anticipate disaster displacement, this investigative journey employs a type of artificial intelligence (AI) with transformative potential: machine learning. T
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
A woman carrying a child through the heated streets.
Update

Financing India’s heat resilience

While there are no estimates for public investment in heat resilience programs in India, a recent study shows that INR 3,260 billion (USD 43.8 billion) of central government spending on CSS already contributes to climate resilience
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Flood Refuge
Update

Cyclone Remal: A wake-up call for building resilience

Bangladesh, a country heavily impacted by climate change, recently witnessed a prolonged heatwave with temperatures reaching 42°C, followed by the long duration of Cyclone Remal, and subsequent floods.
Flood Resilience Portal
People standing under water mist sprayers in Tokyo, Japan
Research briefs

Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most

It's not just high and low temperatures that matter. How many degrees the temperature swings within a day – the daily temperature variation – itself poses health risks.
Conversation Media Group, the
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