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Every week the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ 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.

Passengers on the street during winter storm.
Research briefs

The relative risk of mortality at the coldest temperatures has decreased by 2% per year since 2003, while the risk from extreme heat has only fallen by 1% per year.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Young girl walking on the street during floods in San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2015)
Update

Extreme weather and environmental change are generating long-term mental health challenges in the region, with experts highlighting an urgent need for more studies and intervention.

Dialogue Earth
This image shows a group of refugees walking in a cornfield. They are Syrian refugees who are crossing the border to reach the EU.
Update

Population displacement may become an obvious adaptation margin to climate change in vulnerable regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Market integration, through trade and migration liberalisation, could play an important role in mitigating welfare losses.

VoxDev/ CEPR
A large wave crests off the coast of Sydney, Australia
Research briefs

Findings pave the way for improving wave forecasts, helping coastal communities become more resilient as they prepare for floods and storm surge.

University of Miami
Photograph of a mobile phone with cyclone moving towards the coast shown. The background is yellow with warning sign.
Update

Like a gust of wind rushing ahead of a storm, mobile alerts now reach Filipino communities faster than ever: swift, reliable, and lifesaving.

People in Need
Flooding from afternoon thunderstorms in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2016)
Update

Strengthening risk thinking is essential to help Cambodia prepare for future shocks, protect development gains, and adapt in ways that support continued poverty reduction and economic growth. This calls for a change in focus to events that might happen.

World Bank, the
Starting sand storm in desert of high altiude with cumulonimbus rain louds.
Update

Kuwait – like many of its neighbours – is becoming increasingly exposed and vulnerable to multi-hazard scenarios, where different climate hazards, such as extreme heat and flooding, may occur in quick succession and within the same geographic areas.

London School of Economics and Political Science, the
Sun above a city
Update

The temperature is rising, putting the world’s growing urban population at risk. Identifying hotspots and making use of all available data sources is key.

Community Research and Development Information Service
Flooded plain adjacent to a river
Research briefs

What if the key to protecting communities from devastating floods lies in the landscape itself? UVM research explores the unique characteristics of floodplains, uncovering how the landscape can ease flood water’s momentum and impact.

Vermont Law School
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Documents and publications

The 2025 Interconnected Disaster Risks report shifts focus from diagnosing problems to mapping out solutions.

United Nations University (UNU)
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