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From drought preparedness in Africa to institutional strengthening in Kyrgyzstan and post-conflict recovery planning in the agricultural sector in Lebanon, explore how loss and damage data is being used as a resource for decision-making.

These charts teveal trajectories and cascading impacts that are easy to miss in headlines alone. Together, they show why extreme heat is no longer a seasonal anomaly, but a persistent risk shaping systems around the world.

For decades, cooling strategies have relied heavily on air conditioning, but this approach is increasingly strained by rising temperatures and growing energy demand.

Extreme heat exposes the deep structural interdependence between water and energy systems, while also revealing the limits of traditional sector-based risk management.

Heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, yet its true impact remains difficult to quantify. Heat rarely leaves visible destruction, and its toll is often hidden in health statistics, economic losses, and gradual declines in well-being.

Contemporary discussions on climate change and extreme heat remain largely anthropocentric, centring human health, infrastructure, and economic disruption while obscuring broader systemic impacts.

Extreme heat cannot be managed with incomplete measurements. A single thermometer reading cannot capture humidity, night-time heat persistence, cumulative exposure, or the physiological limits of different populations.

These five practical strategies can help reduce wildfire risk before the first flames flicker. Drawn from real-world examples, these action-oriented techniques show that effective preparation makes a real difference when wildfire season ignites.

From extreme heat and floods to earthquakes and cyclones, a wealth of examples collected on PreventionWeb offer clear evidence that disaster risk reduction delivers tangible results.

Wildfires dominate headlines for their high price tags, but behind the insured losses are even greater invisible costs: the lasting social, health, ecological, and economic costs that shape recovery long after the flames die down and the smoke clears.