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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.

Documents and publications

25 August 2021

The climate crisis is a child rights crisis

The climate crisis is a child rights crisis presents the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI).

Documents and publications

25 August 2021

The Melamchi flood disaster: Cascading hazard and the need for multihazard risk management

The Melamchi disaster of 15 June and the following days cannot be attributed to a single factor. It was the result of multiple anthropogenic and climatic factors and processes that occurred at various locations along the Melamchi River. This study was

A farmer carries paddy wade through flood water in Assam, India (2020)

Research briefs

24 August 2021

How a new framework can provide flood insurance guidance to millions of farmers

Scientists at IWMI used satellite technology to develop a low-cost Index-Based Flood Insurance to cover farmers against risk from floods.

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Streets in German town covered by flood waters

Research briefs

23 August 2021

Heavy rainfall which led to severe flooding in Western Europe made more likely by climate change

Using published peer-reviewed methods, authors analysed how human-induced climate change affected maximum 1-day and 2-day rainfall events in the summer season.

World Weather Attribution

Documents and publications

24 August 2021

Rapid attribution of heavy rainfall events leading to the severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021

This analysis looks at the extreme rainfall occurred in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and neighbouring countries.

Documents and publications

23 August 2021

Leaving no one behind: impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This research considers impact of COVID-19 on the SDGs using futures modeling in three potential recovery scenarios.

Update

19 August 2021

Why Kinshasa could be in the vanguard of megacities’ climate resilience

Like many of the world’s megacities, Kinshasa faces many challenges. With nearly 15 million residents, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is known for its epic traffic jams, widespread poverty, unreliable electricity, decades of violent

World Bank, the

Title of a publication with green leaf photo as a background

Documents and publications

20 August 2021

Promoting synergy and alignment: between Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the context of National Adaptation Plans

This publication is a supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines and focuses particularly on the opportunities that the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process provides to national authorities and stakeholders for integrating risk-centred approaches

Documents and publications

20 August 2021

Too hot to work: assessing the threats climate change poses to outdoor workers

This report projects that climate change will quadruple US outdoor workers’ exposure to hazardous heat conditions by mid-century, jeopardizing their health and placing up to $55.4 billion of their earnings at risk annually.

Documents and publications

19 August 2021

Trilateral best practices: Application of technology for reducing disaster risks in China, Japan and Korea

This booklet includes 14 best practices on the application of technology for reducing disaster risks from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in which the experience, impacts and results, lessons and relevant challenges are introduced.