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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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Documents and publications

1 August 2024

Debunking climate myths and empowering climate action

This communications guide provides healthcare professionals with key talking points for talking about climate change and health, and countering myths about the importance of taking immediate climate action in Europe.

Documents and publications

31 July 2024

Incorporating gender in Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) projects: a practical guide

This note provides guidance for project teams to integrate gender considerations into disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI) activities and policies.

Pattern with warming stripes from Earth global average surface temperature

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30 July 2024

The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get

Global average temperatures have increased at around 0.2°C per decade over the past 30 years, meaning that the global climate of 1991 was around 0.6°C cooler than that in 2020, and even more so than the present day.

Conversation Media Group, the

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30 July 2024

Climate change hits India’s artisans with a double whammy: Extreme heat makes pollution even more dangerous

Air pollution on top of extreme summer heat is causing lung problems globally; the situation is dire in India for makers of traditional musical instruments, who work with wood fires.

Yale Climate Connections

Documents and publications

30 July 2024

Groundwater management in the Horn of Africa: Conflict, scarcity, and hybrid governance

This policy brief is drawn from a study which explores the dynamics related to water, fragility, and social exclusion that should inform the development or rehabilitation of rural water supply services in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia.

Olive trees burn during a wildfire in Greece

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26 July 2024

FAO launches updated guidelines to tackle extreme wildfires

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released guidelines for countries outlining how to manage the risks of damaging wildfires, which can threaten people and the environment.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters

Documents and publications

30 July 2024

A threat to progress: Confronting the effects of climate change on child health and well-being

This report aims to provide a comprehensive stocktake of the impacts of climate change on children across six major hazards that impact their health and well-being: extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, floods and storms, air pollution and ecosystem changes.

Documents and publications

29 July 2024

Integrating flood and earthquake resilience: a framework for assessing urban community resilience against multiple hazards

This research integrates the earthquake and flood resilience indicators to create a comprehensive resilience assessment framework.

Hand on a keyboard with images of an AI-powered programme

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29 July 2024

Seven promising innovations of artificial intelligence across the DRM cycle

Read on to explore seven diverse examples of how AI can reduce disaster risks and build resilient communities - from harnessing satellite data to predict natural hazards, to improving multilingual weather alerts and streamlining evacuation procedures.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Documents and publications

29 July 2024

Early warning systems in fragility, conflict, and violence-affected settings: Shielding communities from natural hazards amid compounded crises

This study aims to contribute to GFDRR's overarching objective: to help low- and middle income countries understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change.