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There’s an estimated 100 people living with a disability on Savo Island in Solomon Islands, and with a high risk of natural disasters, planning is happening now to make sure everyone is included.

With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach focused on emergency response to ex-ante resilience building

This review provides a comprehensive, accessible and structured overview of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Heat Waves (HWs) topic as a support for a better understanding of the gaps to be addressed by future research.

Before Climate Change really got going, eastern Australia’s flash floods tended to concentrate on our coastal regions. Now we get flash floods much further inland, such as Broken Hill in 2012 and 2022 and Cobar, Bourke and Nyngan in 2022.

At the end of March and the beginning of April 2024 a region across the Sahel and West Africa experienced extreme heat, with maximum temperatures in the Sahel reaching more than 45°C.

From January 2024, large parts of Southern Africa experienced significantly below-average rainfall, as a consequence, the countries have been battling major outbreaks of cholera, other waterborne diseases, and other problems.

While early warning systems are effective, to fully inform disaster-risk-reduction interventions they require effective coordination and early action protocols that function across multiple levels of governance, from local to national levels.

The Caribbean region is highly susceptible to a variety of natural hazards that can cause widespread damage to infrastructure and property. Recovery efforts that are delivered rapidly can more effectively alleviate social and economic burdens.