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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.

Lima, Peru along the coast also known as Circuito de Playas de la Costa Verde at a golden hour sunset

Update

8 April 2024

Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go

As the planet warms, sea level rises at an ever-faster rate. Wetlands have generally kept pace by building upward and creeping inland a few meters per year. But infrastructure and increasing land elevation can leave wetlands with nowhere to go.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

8 April 2024

What is a sinkhole? A geotechnical engineer explains

Sinkholes are back in the news after a 13-year-old boy fell down a two metre deep hole in a waterlogged football field in Sydney over the weekend.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

8 April 2024

How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fueled by climate change

With records of heat and its impacts lacking in Nigeria, Carbon Brief speaks to doctors, farmers and meteorologists about how this episode of extreme weather is affecting the country.

Carbon Brief

A man wades through the flood in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Update

5 April 2024

Keeping it fair: How to account for inequity in climate and disaster risk analyses

Incorporating social inequalities into climate risk analyses offers a more just consideration of the vulnerabilities of different communities.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Documents and publications

8 April 2024

Economic assessment of drought risk management

The report investigates the concept of the economics of drought management, provides a conceptual, two-tier framework for the assessment of proactive and reactive actions, and disseminates case studies for the implementation of the framework .

Update

5 April 2024

Early warning systems: Sharing technology to combat climate change in South Asia

Early warning systems are crucial for reducing climate risks in South Asia, but effective implementation relies on regional cooperation and standardised data sharing

The Third Pole

A tired and stressed worker sweating from the hot weather in the summer working in a port goods cargo shipping logistic ground,

Community announcement

4 April 2024

Global call for plans that consider the health impacts of extreme heat

The Global Heat Health Information Network is calling for submissions of Heat Health Action Plans, National Health Adaptation Plans and related governance documents containing heat health components from around the world.

Global Heat Health Information Network

Documents and publications

7 April 2024

2023 Disasters in numbers: A significant year of disaster impact

This report presents the disaster impacts of 2023.

Update

3 April 2024

How Taiwan managed to keep its death toll so low during 7.4 magnitude earthquake — largest in 25 years

For a region so densely populated, the number of recorded deaths is minimal compared to the strength of the earthquake — a testament to the country’s preparedness, a Northeastern disaster recovery expert says.

Northeastern University

Family posing for photos amidst flooding and storm surge from Hurricane Sally along Lake Pontchartrain

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5 April 2024

Rising seas stretch risk zones

New elevation data, maps, and analysis document how, by the end of this century, risk zones will extend higher and further inland, into areas where 93 million people live today.

Climate Central