News and announcements

This briefing paper presents key findings from a semi-quantitative climate risk assessment of Syria's urban drinking water and sanitation, intended to support the country's reconstruction efforts.

This policy brief examines the provision of water in the arid and semi-arid lands of eastern Africa, offering a different way of addressing a long-standing problem.

This report shares evidence on climate-related hazards that could worsen conflict and security risks in Yemen, in order to inform stabilisation, peacebuilding, and security interventions

This Strategic Roadmap provides a long-term framework to strengthen the leadership, capacity, and sustainability of civil society organisations and local actors in driving people-centred early warning systems.

New satellite-based research has identified signs of Ahmedabad land subsidence across parts of the city’s western and southern urban corridors, raising concerns over groundwater management, urban planning and the long-term resilience.

Many parts of Australia have already broken early winter maximum and minimum temperature records.

A new online tool out of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH) strives to provide hyperlocal information about the range of extreme weather risks on mortality, including the potential impact on older adults.

Evidence from Uganda suggests that disasters can reduce income and life satisfaction for years, especially when households are displaced without their social networks.

Forecasters expect the El Niño now underway in the tropical Pacific to strengthen into a strong or very strong climate driver later this year.

The lives and livelihoods of local communities in the borderlands of the Lake Chad Basin are disrupted by both climate change and conflict , which are mutually reinforcing.

Climate change adaptation ‘success’ is being defined and measured through metrics that often fail the communities they are meant to support.

Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense across sub-Saharan Africa.

The heatwaves of today are the coolest heatwaves we are likely to experience for the rest of our lives. SRSG Kamal Kishore reflects on how cultural institutions can play a central role in extreme heat action – and in disaster risk reduction more broadly.

The objective of this report is to summarize Zambia’s financial preparedness to crises and disasters at the sovereign, firm, and household levels. In this context, the focus is on the fiscal implications of the emergency response to shocks for the GRZ.

The Global South, in particular, is suffering from the consequences of global heating. A new study quantifies heat stress in India by projecting it during the critical seasons.

Scientists have warned for years that climate change would increase wildfires across the Arctic. In places such as Siberia it’s already happening. In that context, the 2015-2020 fires may represent Greenland following the same path.

The report draws attention to Australia’s workforce of First Nations women in fire and land management, and highlights the profound positive impacts that culturally responsive professional development programs can have on this cohort.

The rising temperatures in the Arctic, driven by human-caused climate change, have significant repercussions for the region’s peoples and ecosystems, with impacts extending far beyond the region.

The HKH Monsoon Outlook 2026 forecasts that several countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, including Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, are likely to witness drier-than-average monsoon conditions coupled with temperatures averaging 0.5 °C to

An extraordinary heatwave in Europe has shattered numerous temperature records and had major impacts on human health, ecosystems, agriculture, infrastructure and labour productivity.

To address the absence of a comprehensive instrument designed to evaluate institutional preparedness, a tool was developed to provide a structured framework for evaluating hospital readiness for heatwaves.

Cities across the world are still preparing for the heat that we're experiencing today.

Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate coastal properties.

Using LEGO-inspired interlocking concrete block systems and adapting them for structural housing purposes, Mr Mathavanyakam aims to significantly reduce building time, lower labour demands and decrease construction costs.

University of Southern California geophysicist Sylvain Barbot explained what’s known about the earthquake pulses so far, what risks are still ahead and why Californians should pay attention.

This report presents updated findings from WFP’s Return on Investment (ROI) for Preparedness study, demonstrating the value of pre-shock investments in strengthening emergency response.

UNH scientist discovers the sun’s outbursts may briefly weaken rain and snow events.

Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide,

Heatwaves still bring large parts of Europe to their knees.

Air conditioning is increasingly the go-to when heatwaves strike. However, not only does this lead to more emissions, it also puts increasing strain on the electricity grid – even culminating in deadly blackouts.

Rapidly growing cities face water security challenges due to rising demand and limited freshwater supplies.

Sweltering temperatures are shattering records across Europe, as the continent battles a deadly heatwave.

It is only June, and Europe is already baking through its second extreme heatwave in two months. Temperatures have topped 44 degrees Celsius in parts of the continent.

Just weeks after a severe heatwave that broke all-time May records, Europe is experiencing another major heatwave that is breaking June and annual records.

The aim was to assess whether there is an inequality in the distribution of populations living in areas at flood risk in each IMD decile, nationally in England and within subsamples

When it’s hot outside, birds struggle to learn, dogs bite more often, goat-like chamois pick fights.

This essay explores a novel approach to reducing the impacts of extreme weather through small, strategically timed atmospheric interventions guided by advanced forecasting.

When disruption strikes a modern enterprise, the greatest damage often comes not from the initial event but from how failures spread through connected systems.

This study explores how surface water flood risk affects developers’ financial exposure during construction and sales, and whether cost-effective property-level resilience measures can reduce these impacts across different housing development scenarios.

This paper outlines commonalities across domains & a phased roadmap (governance, platform, operations, scaling), with KPIs & measures e.g legal mandates, integration units, CAP interoperability, blended finance & PPPs to embed early warning in eGovernance

Statement on Venezuela earthquakes by Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

This report reveals that extreme heat is emerging as one of the most underestimated threats to economic development worldwide, hammering city economies, overwhelming health systems, and falling hardest on women working on the frontlines of a hotter world.

A landmark global economic analysis, paired with a state-of-the-art heat solution cost-benefit calculator covering 11,408 cities worldwide, shows that investing in heat action saves billions in losses.

The number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress worldwide has risen sharply over the past half-century, propelled by climate change, according to a study released Monday as Europe sweltered through a punishing heat wave.

This handbook provides guidance for designing and implementing technical assistance on macroeconomic modelling to support climate resilient economic development in partner countries.

This report draws on best practice from across the anticipatory action community and beyond to identify how systems and practices can be strengthened to remain effective as risks change, including under climate change.

This study seeks to understand how UHI risks are perceived, prioritised, and addressed in Sri Lankan cities, identify barriers and enablers influencing local government action.

This study aims to synthesise existing knowledge on urban heat island mechanisms, patterns, and impacts; review strategies for reducing UHI and heat risks; and develop a conceptual framework to support urban heat resilience and sustainable city planning.