Collections: Topic guides

Keep up to date with the latest topic guides on the PreventionWeb knowledge base. These pages bring together a selection of reference material on various disaster risk reduction topics and emerging trends.

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06 Aug 2024

Disability and disaster risk

This resource guide includes case studies, challenges and best practices to ensure the full participation of persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction.

Topic guide

09 Apr 2024

Games for disaster risk reduction

Games can be a powerful tool to support awareness-raising initiatives and capacity building efforts in disaster risk reduction.

Topic guide

04 Mar 2024

Geoengineering

Geoengineering is the deliberate large-scale alteration of the Earths environment to mitigate climate change and alternate hazard risk. Explore the suggested approaches and related governance and policy issues.

Topic guide

04 Mar 2024

Half a degree matters to curb disaster risk

The difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming may not seem significant. But research shows that failing to limit global warming at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will significantly increase disaster risk.

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30 May 2024

Healthy soil helps mitigate disaster risk

While climate change increasingly contributes to soil degradation, effective soil management practices and soil monitoring can help mitigate disaster risk.