Documents and publications

This report includes an analysis of national legislation to address heat stress from 21 countries across the world, identifying common provisions for workplace level measures.

The paper outlines an approach to eenabling and financing locally-led adaptation (LLA) planning and financing that involves local communities, governments, and the private sector.

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.