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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.

Boat full of researchers exploring Antarctica.
Update

Understanding Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise

Scientists from Australia, the United States and Canada, have identified actions that will help reduce uncertainties about the future behaviour of the ice sheet and sea-level rise projections.
Australia - government
An image of a yellow buoy resting on the dried Rhine riverbed
Update

How cities run dry

Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs long strained by overuse now face climate change. Some cities are turning to water restrictions to get back on track.
Yale Climate Connections
Sea level rise in Tangier VA
Update

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live

The U.S. Global Change Research Program officially released the new site that pairs a dynamic delivery of the latest research on sea level change with foundational educational content.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A person using a mobile phone app with a map
Research briefs

Five climate tech solutions beating the heat 

Innovative solutions across the globe are combining technology and climate resilience. From smartphone apps that combine GIS and climate data or video games that build climate skills, the private and public sector are envisioning a new way forward.
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Workers on a construction site during sunset
Update

Kiribati enhancing climate resilience through the upgrading of its National Building Codes

The development of Kiribati's technical standard and recommendation provides a roadmap for implementing energy efficiency standards and promoting sustainable building practices.
Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contribution Hub (NDC Hub)
Traditional bolivian woman in traditional dress, walking trought the Sun island in lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Update

Rethinking premium support for climate protection

Compared to other forms of support, premium support directly reduces the price of insurance and has the potential to provide a more direct route to financial protection. However, the current approach has yet to deliver sustainable impact.
Centre for Disaster Protection
An aerial view of the Mai Po nature reserve beside Shenzen City, China
Update

How to make climate adaptation a success

Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changing environmental conditions. But what really makes the difference is how they do it. The recently published Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 shows that only sustainable adaptation can succeed.
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
2020 floods in Wuhan China
Research briefs

Breakthrough study from IU scientists predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide

This breakthrough study sheds light into the dangerous phenomenon of “river avulsion," a process that has shaped human history through devastating floods and continues to threaten millions of people worldwide.
Indiana University
A traffic officer drinks water during a hot day in Kolkata, India
Update

Cities will suffer health and infrastructure crisis under 3° C vs. 1.5° C warming, with low-income cities worst impacted

With over two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in cities by 2050, new global data on the 1,000 largest cities highlights growing hazards and the urgent need for climate adaptation investment.
World Resources Institute
Heat Wave, Montreal
Update

What the jet stream and climate change had to do with the hottest summer on record − remember all those heat domes?

Temperature increases associated with human-induced climate change do not manifest as small, even increases everywhere on the planet. Rather, they result in more frequent and severe episodes of heat waves, as the world saw in 2024.
Conversation Media Group, the
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