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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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Cattle grazing
Update

Despite positive steps in British Columbia, animal welfare in disaster management remains overlooked

Research highlights the need for sustained civil engagement and legislative interventions on two key issues: 1) the nuances of animal rescue and welfare; and 2) the strained resiliency of agricultural communities.
Conversation Media Group, the
Cover and source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Documents and publications

Acting early when the world isn’t watching: Lessons from anticipatory action in Ethiopia in 2021

This report offers a deeper view into the results of OCHA's anticipatory action framework in Ethiopia and valuable lessons to improve its impact in the context of protracted and overlapping crises.
IFRC
Documents and publications

Handbook on disaster law reform: A guide for domestic authorities

This Handbook provides guidance on how to run an effective and inclusive legal review process, which harnesses the knowledge and experience of a broad range of actors and stakeholders to develop strong legal arrangements for disasters.
Cover and source: International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Documents and publications

Climate change impacts in Bangladesh

This report is a scientific synthesis intended to inform policymakers, media, the private sector, civil society, academics and anyone looking for country-level information on the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh.
Traditional indigenous Maori house roof under the sky
Research briefs

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them

Researchers reviewed the evidence on traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change and found much was scientifically plausible. This indicates such knowledge should play a significant role in sustaining Pacific Island communities.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

Disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and the role of spatial and urban planning: evidence from European case studies

This paper advances knowledge and understanding of the relationships between risk management, climate change adaptation and spatial planning as good territorial governance practices.
An Egyptian farmer harvests his crops in Dahreya, Dakahleya, Egypt
Update

Inventory of innovative financial instruments for climate change adaptation

This inventory provides information on a range of innovative financial instruments that have been used, or potentially could be used, to finance the implementation of climate change adaptation measures, including national priorities identified in NAPS.
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Update

Can earth-covered houses protect us from bushfires? Even if they’re a solution, it’s not risk-free

Before we embrace underground or earth-shletered housing as a widespread solution to increasing bushfire risks, we need to consider its complexities. Things to weigh up include the challenges of designing and building these homes and occupants’ behaviour.
Conversation Media Group, the
Flooding, Bentiu, South Sudan
Research briefs

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season – new study

In a new research paper, researchers set out to investigate what effect more frequent extreme Indian Ocean Dipole events would have on rainfall in east Africa.
Conversation Media Group, the
Cover and source: Nature Publishing Group
Documents and publications

Effects of adaptation measures to extreme heat throughout medium and high temperature periods, case study at the Osaka expo site

In this study, the authors calculated thermal environment indices using meteorological data, and analyzed the effects of implementing adaptation measures against the heat at the Osaka-Kansai Expo locations.
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