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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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High tides, combined with rising sea levels create crashing wave on the coast of Ecuador
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Digital training tackles future threats in Tuvalu

The Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) continues to roll out training for the use of a coastal hazard modeling tool, to detect and mitigate coastal risks. This software will support efforts to mitigate threats like sea-level rise in the long-term.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mount Popocatepetl in Mexico erupting
Update

How dangerous is Mexico’s Popocatépetl? It depends on who you ask

The stratovolcano in central Mexico presents a rich case study of risk perception, science communication, and preparedness surrounding natural hazards.
Eos - AGU
speakers
Update

Empowering communities: The impact of Early Warning System 1294 on disaster preparedness in Cambodia

With EWS 1294, the community has experienced a significant enhancement in their safety and resilience. By being better informed and prepared, people are now equipped to protect themselves and their livelihoods from the impact of hazards.
People in Need
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Documents and publications

Disability, displacement and disaster resilience: Ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities in situations of forced displacement and statelessness

This report investigates the potential differences in preparedness and participation levels of forcibly displaced and stateless persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction (DRR) compared with host communities.
clouds and thunder lightnings and storm
Update

Climate change is increasing lightning deaths in Bangladesh

Deaths caused by lightning are rising in Bangladesh, and climate change is to blame for the increase in fatalities, according to the BBC.
Climate Adaptation Platform
Storm surge affecting a coastal city
Research briefs

From New York to Jakarta, land in many coastal cities is sinking faster than sea levels are rising

Sea level rise has already put coastal cities on notice thanks to increasing storm surges and even sunny day flooding at high tide. However, many cities are facing another factor making them even more vulnerable to rising waters: land subsidence.
Conversation Media Group, the
An African woman standing in a corn field.
Research briefs

African smallholder farmers benefit from reduced crop losses and higher incomes from a novel pest alert service

A newly published review shows that smallholder farmers in four African countries who received pest alerts created using earth observation data benefitted from reduced crop losses and higher incomes compared to farmers who did not.
CAB International
Stranded boats on the Amazon riverbanks as drought hits the Amazon river
Research briefs

Climate change, not El Niño, main driver of exceptional drought in highly vulnerable Amazon River Basin

Since mid 2023 the Amazon River Basin (ARB) has been in a state of exceptional drought, driven by low rainfall and consistently high temperatures for the entire year 2023 across the basin.
World Weather Attribution
Colorful forest in Colorado mountains in the USA.
Research briefs

Diverse forests are best at standing up to storms

European forests with a greater diversity of tree species are more resilient to storms, according to new research published in Functional Ecology.
British Ecological Society
Journalist writing notes in his phone and on paper while holding his microphone in a heavy flooded area in Thailand.
Research briefs

Disaster communications can be more effective when using different messaging strategies

Our study recommends that disaster relief organizations take a more nuanced and dynamic approach than prior crisis communication studies suggest, demonstrating the importance of adapting communication strategies to different phases of disaster management.
Conversation Media Group, the
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