Documents and publications

In response to the rapid rise in the scale, intensity, frequency and duration of extreme heat, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 25 July 2024 called for an urgent and concerted effort to enhance international cooperation to address extreme heat.

This policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress.

This document presents the outcomes of the project "Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Built Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean" (BERLAC)

To mitigate power system fragility during heat waves, the paper recommends implementing measures such as securing reserve power capacity, promoting urban cooling through greening initiatives, adopting demand-side management with smart-grid infrastructure.

This booklet offers a selection of activities which highlight the significant progress made in strengthening the resilience of South Asian nations and communities to weather- and climate-related disasters.

This report provides an assessment of the impact of the catastrophic flooding in Derna, Libya, based on high spatial nighttime light data from SDGSAT-1.

This study presents the issues and challenges emerging from transboundary river flood risk management in the Jakarta metropolitan area of Indonesia, posed by the massive urban development and dramatic increases in annual flooding,

This study aimed to explore disaster resilience strategies for the power sector, specifically transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure, against cyclones and floods, focusing on the measures undertaken by the state of Odisha, India.