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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.

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12 April 2024

Plant more native trees to reduce landslide risk, say researchers

Homeowners, councils, and state governments looking to build houses and infrastructure on or near slopes should reconsider cutting down trees or using artificial slope reinforcement to buttress vertical terrain against landslides and slips.

University of Sydney

Update

10 April 2024

Insurance Development Forum announces plans to facilitate investments in resilient infrastructure in developing/emerging markets

Insurer-led organisation seeks to drive greater mobilisation of insurance sector capital and more impactful insurance sector investments into resilient infrastructure in emerging and developing economies.

Insurance Development Forum

Research briefs

11 April 2024

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

A report by a team of 40 experts outlines a new approach to forest stewardship that “braids together” Indigenous knowledge and Western science to conserve and restore more resilient forestlands.

University of Washington

Research briefs

9 April 2024

UC Irvine scientist helps link climate change to Madagascar’s megadrought

A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar.

University of California Irvine News

Update

11 April 2024

Extreme heat series for minecraft education

Students around the world can explore a new virtual world to learn heat wave survival skills and cooling solutions through the Minecraft Education platform.

Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Update

11 April 2024

Sweltering heat across East Asia and the Pacific puts children’s lives at risk - UNICEF

Rising temperatures pose a threat to the health of over 243 million children across East Asia and the Pacific.

United Nation Children's Fund - East Asia and Pacific Regional Office

Press release

11 April 2024

Launch of a new roadmap for financing adaptation and resilience

UNDRR, Standard Chartered and KPMG launch an adaptation and resilience financing roadmap to galvanise vital funding efforts ahead of COP29.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Standard Chartered Bank

KPMG International

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

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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

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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

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