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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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Kamal Kishore looking at a school building
Op Ed

Raising a resilient generation: Ensuring disaster preparedness for children

Schools play a vital role in disaster risk reduction by educating students on risks in their communities, building preparedness, conducting drills, and fostering a culture of prevention.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Flooded street
Research briefs

AI-trained CCTV in rivers can spot blockages and reduce floods

Machine learning-equipped camera systems can be an effective and low-cost flood defence tool, researchers show.
University of Bath
Creating conditions for financing
Update

Just 1.1% of total crisis financing from international development donors was arranged in advance in 2022, according to the latest data, and remains concentrated in wealthier regions

Despite the limited availability of pre-arranged financing, and the fact that it remains concentrated in wealthier regions, the Centre for Disaster Protection’s second annual benchmark report, reveals signs of progress.
Centre for Disaster Protection
Shepherd going down the mountain
Community announcement

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 – photo stories

To celebrate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024, our members have shared inspiring stories featuring their youth-led or focused work that builds community resilience in the face of disaster.
Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction
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Documents and publications

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth

This reports presents an analysis of the latest trends in a wide array of planetary vital signs. This articles also offers a review of notable recent climate-related disasters, spotlight important climate-related topics, and discuss policy interventions.
A laborer carries a sack of onions above floodwaters in Lahore, Pakistan
Research briefs

Global bias: Hydro-hazard research needs more investment in low-income countries

Research efforts on floods, droughts and landslides are not fairly distributed globally. Despite growing research, the number of affected people in LDCs must be around 100 times higher than in developed countries to generate comparable research interest.
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam
A flooded street after hurricane Irma hit Florida, USA.
Update

Meteorologist John Morales: There’s rapid intensification, there’s extreme rapid intensification—and then there’s Hurricane Milton

Fresh on the heels of Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton is barreling towards the Florida peninsula and is likely to make landfall near Tampa Bay metropolitan area. Miami-based meteorologist John Morales explains the dangers extreme intensification bear.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Loss of life from heatwaves
Research briefs

Warming world, deadly problem: Heat-related deaths are surging

The rate of heat-related deaths in the U.S. rose 117% in the last seven years, research finds.
Yale Climate Connections
Aerial view of fertile and dry land
Update

On Navajo lands, ancient ways are restoring the parched earth

Navajo are restoring their watersheds — and boosting their food sovereignty — with earthen berms and small dams made of woven brush, sticks, and rocks.
Yale Environment 360
Tree fell on road during cyclone Gabrielle. Auckland, New Zealand
Update

How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states

Some hurricanes are remembered for their wind damage or rainfall. Others for their coastal flooding. Hurricane Helene was a stew of all of that and more.
Conversation Media Group, the
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