The March edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter provides exciting insights into current publications, news, and events. Among other topics, the article “Water and climate: Rising risks for urban populations” is featured, highlighting that cities most affected by the impacts of climate change often also house the most socially vulnerable populations, with repeated droughts depleting water resources and floods destroying infrastructure and threatening drinking water supply. Another article, “Compound climate events are on the rise. It’s time for action” addresses so-called “compound events” where two or more hazards such as heatwaves and floods occur simultaneously or in close succession. Compound events are becoming more frequent and generally have more severe impacts than individual hazards, with recent incidents in Pakistan and the United States revealing resilience gaps and highlighting the need for adaptation measures to reduce the effects of these events.
You can find the full newsletter with all the articles here.