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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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Research briefs

USA: Study evaluates impacts of summer heat in prison environments

MIT researchers found that overcrowding, poor staffing, and restricted movement worsen heat risks in U.S. prisons. Southwestern prisons face the highest heat, and climate change is worsening conditions, especially for non-white and Hispanic populations.
MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Children playing with water in fountain in Harbour drive in downtown San Diego.
Update

The Rockefeller Foundation identifies critical gaps in city responses to climate-induced health threats

The analysis outlines a three-step action plan for action and commits more than $1 million to helping cities save lives
Rockefeller Foundation, the
Bangkok residents navigate heavy floods by boat
Update

How to save a sinking city

What do Venice, Jakarta, Manilla and Bangkok have in common? They are, or were, sinking cities. Groundwater extraction plays an important part in all cases. The good news is that this can be avoided.
Wageningen University and Research Centre
View from a beach in Palau as a storm approaches
Update

Insuring the future: The reserve bank of Fiji scales up parametric micro-insurance

Parametric insurance is poised to expand in Fiji, with the signing of a new partnership between the Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF), SUN Insurance, Tower Insurance and the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF or the Fund).
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Cover and source: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Documents and publications

A story of gender, equity, and justice in climate change adaptation

Key gender and equity findings from the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
The Ahr river flows past houses destroyed by floods in Insul, Germany (2021)
Research briefs

Climate change and high exposure increased costs and disruption to lives and livelihoods from flooding associated with exceptionally heavy rainfall in Central Europe

In mid September 2024 a very large region in Central Europe, including Poland, Czechia, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany and Slovakia experienced very heavy rainfall, breaking local and national rainfall records over the period of four days.
World Weather Attribution
Majuro atoll and city in Marshall islands
Update

NASA analysis shows irreversible sea level rise for Pacific Islands

In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 centimeters) of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rain clouds at the coastline
Research briefs

One in two El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

In a new study published Sep. 25 in the journal Nature, a CU Boulder climate scientist and collaborators reveal that the planet could see more frequent extreme El Niño events by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase.
University of Colorado Boulder
Hallways with supercomputers.
Update

USGS supercomputers help assess volcanic hazards in support of community resilience

High- performance computing enables scientists to tackle complex problems and deliver faster volcanic hazard information for real world impacts.
United States Geological Survey
Masai women are standing at the gates of Masai village. Kenya, Masai Mara
Update

Maasai communities harness the resilience of native plants to restore grasslands in Tanzania

Three Maasai communities in Tanzania's Arusha region are involved in reforesting 15 acres of land and restoring grassland biodiversity by replanting native species.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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