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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.

Documents and publications

19 April 2024

2024 - Supercharging social protection systems with anticipatory cash: Case study on Fiji’s Anticipatory Action Framework

This case study provides a technical overview of the collaborative process through which the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Fijian Government set up innovative structures to provide cash assistance ahead of anticipated cyclones.

A woman carrying a child through the heated streets.

Update

19 April 2024

The hidden crisis of disaster displacement and host community struggles in rural areas of Pakistan

Two years after floods submerged a third of the country, Pakistan stands at a crossroads in disaster response. The CGIAR FCM Initiative, co-led by IWMI, spearheads research on anticipatory action and address vulnerabilities in host communities.

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Update

19 April 2024

Building resilience: Understanding and managing risk to the housing sector in the Caribbean

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.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)

Documents and publications

18 April 2024

Climate resilience perspectives: Photo essays on national adaptation plan implementation

This magazine shares a series of photo essays profiling how communities experiencing climate change are harnessing the power of collective action to work toward a climate-resilient future.

Children in Bangladesh learn DRR through play

Update

17 April 2024

Fostering dialogue on mental health and climate change

The Wellcome Trust published a Climate Centre report on creative dialogues about mental health and climate change – the culmination of an eight-month pilot project to test innovative approaches to generate new insights into policy- and decision-making.

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre

Update

17 April 2024

Climate change played a role in killing tens of thousands of people in 2023

It’s impossible to accurately calculate the number of people who died in 2023 as a result of climate change. But a review of data suggests, at minimum, tens of thousands of people died in climate-change-influenced weather events around the world last year

Yale Climate Connections

Community announcement

17 April 2024

Call for submissions: Empowering the next generation for a disaster-free future

We are excited to announce an opportunity for you to contribute to the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 campaign “Empowering the next generation for a disaster-free future” aimed at inspiring and engaging children and youth on DRR.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Women walking on a beach carrying baskets on their heads

Research briefs

17 April 2024

Research suggests that part of India will become a climate hotspot

The fertile and densely populated plain around the Indus and Ganges rivers is likely to become a climate change hotspot according to a new study published in the Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Universität Augsburg (UA)

A man overlooks a wildfire visible from San Francisco under a hazy sky turned orange

Research briefs

16 April 2024

Fires pose growing worldwide threat to wildland-urban interface

Fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are becoming more common around the globe, a trend that is likely to continue for at least the next two decades, new research finds.

National Center for Atmospheric Research