The report of the event focuses on the pressing need to upscale wetland solutions for disaster risk reduction. The session featured prominent speakers who offered valuable insights into the potential of wetlands as nature-based solutions (NbS).

Fighting inequality for a resilient future is the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It highlights the vicious cycle between disasters and inequality

The AfDB teamed up with the ARC Group to establish the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme in 2018. This program enhances African countries’ resilience and response to climate shocks by improving their management of climate disaster risks.

PLOS highlights recent studies published in PLOS ONE including one on an informal settlement in northwestern Colombia and a paper looking at how heat waves affect visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park. The authors give PLOS insights on their work.