News and announcements

The latest updates on disaster risk and resilience in the news, and news from the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community and beyond in the Prevention Web knowledge base.

Update
About one in every four people on the planet experienced temperatures made at least three times more likely because of climate change (CSI level 3 or higher) every day from March 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024.
Climate Central
Several men harvesting in a field
Update
There is a pressing need for comprehensive heat safety regulations to safeguard our food production and protect farmworkers from the intensifying threats of climate change.
Federation of American Scientists
Three Indian female textile workers standing together in solidarity at factory
Update
Providing climance financing tailored to meet the needs and priorities of women and girls, as well as addressing the root causes of gender inequality, has multiplier effect of supporting development and reducing the impacts of the climate crisis.
Girls' Globe
Update
The growing threat of tornadoes in US eastern states has prompted calls for better preparedness, and in particular the need for more storm shelters.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Human hands hold wooden dish with Australian plant branches, the smoke ritual rite at a indigenous community event in Australia
Update
Reviving the traditional practice could protect pastureland ecosystems in the Himalayas from destructive climate change-driven wildfires
Dialogue Earth
Heatwave, Bangladesh, 30 April 2024
Update
In the sweltering streets of South Asia, where temperatures soar to staggering heights, heat waves are not merely weather phenomena but existential threats, casting a long shadow over the region's future.
World Economic Forum
Research briefs
The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated.
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Research briefs
Australian scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able to detect fires from space 500 times faster than traditional on-ground processing of imagery.
University of South Australia

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