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5 reasons to check on your elderly neighbour during a heatwave

Why is extreme heat so dangerous for older people? As we get older, we tend to not “feel” the heat as much even though our bodies are less able to handle the heat. This contradiction can have lethal consequences, especially during periods of extreme heat.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications
2023

Analysis of time-dependent effects of ambient temperatures on health by vulnerable groups in Korea in 1999–2018

This study compared the relative risks of heat days on mortalities by vulnerable groups in the past decade (1999–2008) and the recent decade (2009–2018) in four cities, Seoul, Incheon, Daegu, and Gwangju, in Korea.
Springer Nature
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Documents and publications
2023

Mainstreaming gender in climate action in the Arab region

For women in the Arab region, water scarcity, food insecurity and conflict, coupled with environmental degradation, resource scarcity and forced migration, ]complicate the struggle to survive and compound the risk for increased inequality and violence.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
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Documents and publications
2023

Housing, disasters & LGBTQIA+ people

This brief examines the documented realities of LGBTQIA+ people in facing temporary shelters and the basis for an adequate standard of living in disaster settings.
DRR Dynamics Ltd
A disabled old woman affected by the floods stands in front of a temporary shelter in Bangladesh, 2022
Community announcement

2023 Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters

This survey has been designed for a person living with a disability or a caregiver to share their thoughts on living with disasters. It will run until Friday 3 March 2023.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami disaster
Research briefs

The adverse health effects of disaster-related trauma

A new study has found that Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience disaster-related home loss, and they are also more likely to develop functional limitations following the disaster.
Boston University
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Stockholm Environment Institute
Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

FIRE: Integrating Rights and Equality in DRR and climate resilience

The Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE) ind disaster risk reduction and climate resilience consists of six dimensions which are the focus of this course.
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2022

The first mile of warnings: Placing people first

This guidance argues that people using warnings should be involved in the warning design and implementation from the beginning to build trust, credibility, and effectiveness. Connecting local and external knowledge and experiences achieves the first mile.
Anticipation Hub Global Disaster Preparedness Center UCL Warning Research Centre
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Documents and publications
2022

Inclusive warnings: Involving everyone in warning processes

This briefing note explains how inclusive warnings must be designed to support people to fulfil their own needs for warnings.
UCL Warning Research Centre
Inclusive early warnings for all
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Kevin Blanchard

We need to work on our early warning development process to ensure LGBTQIA+ people are included

LGBTQIA+ people are often some of the most marginalised in disasters. We need to build early warning systems that are inclusive of all of society – and that involve marginalised communities in all stages of their development.