UNDRR

13/06/2026

Fourteen of the 16 stadiums hosting the 2026 World Cup now see more extremely hot days during June–July than when North America last hosted in 1970. 🌡️

In repeat host cities, extremely hot days – defined as at least as hot as the hottest 10% of days at each stadium location – have tripled on average. Human-caused climate change accounts for nearly half of all extreme heat days recorded since 1970, research from Climate Central shows.

Extreme heat puts players at risk of heat exhaustion and affects performance. Fans from cooler climates face particular vulnerability. ⚽

🏟️ Evening kick-offs, mandatory hydration breaks, and climate-controlled venues can reduce exposure. With attendance set to exceed 5 million across 16 venues, heat risk management must be a central component of tournament planning for players, fans, and staff.

➡️ https://ow.ly/Xsm350Zb17E

13/06/2026

A locust swarm of 80 million insects can consume as much food in a day as 35,000 people. 🌾

🦗At that scale, desert locusts are a direct threat to food security – and one that moves fast, crossing borders at up to 200 kilometres a day. Controlling that threat depends on continuous surveillance, real-time data, and early warning systems that work across frontiers. 🛰️

Ali Babalifashki has spent nearly two decades at Iran's Plant Protection Organization leading survey and control operations through outbreaks, upsurges, and the cross-border coordination that makes response possible.

In this interview, he shares what locust risk management looks like on the ground.
➡️ https://ow.ly/Soek50Zaor8

13/06/2026

12/06/2026

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica in October 2025, it was the most powerful storm ever to strike the island; fortunately, risk models had already taken this possibility into account.

The storm caused 45 deaths and economic losses exceeding US$8.8 billion, more than 41% of GDP. Yet probabilistic hurricane risk models – including those underpinning Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility parametric insurance and World Bank CAT-Bond mechanisms – had explicitly modelled a Category 5 landfall, enabling pre-arranged payouts exceeding US$240 million.

Additionally, building code compliance demonstrably reduced structural losses, and early warning systems guided evacuation decisions.

Melissa is a case study in what prospective risk thinking makes possible: Jamaica prepared for an event with no historical precedent because its risk models didn't rely on one.

📊 Learn more in the World Meteorological Organization 2025 State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean
➡️ https://ow.ly/5N6850Zam5M

12/06/2026

A selection of the week's disaster risk reduction 🗞 news and 🔬 trusted research, brought to you by the editors.

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12/06/2026

Disasters are not defined by natural hazards alone; they are the product of complex interactions between multiple hazards, entrenched social vulnerabilities, and systemic governance failures.

🌍 Interdependent risks – climate, conflict, fragility – interact with systemic governance failures like:
• Fragmented institutions
• Technocratic rigidity
• Social exclusion

These failures generate vulnerability, magnify exposure, and contribute to compound disasters that cross sectors and borders.

An npj Natural Hazards special issue explores how:
– Earthquakes become disasters through social vulnerability
– Climate extremes cascade across agriculture, fire, and infrastructure
– Governance breakdown turns hazard into catastrophe

To tackle this complex dynamic we need integrated, anticipatory, and justice-driven systemic risk governance.

🔎Investigate further ➡️ https://ow.ly/axXI50ZaAuJ

11/06/2026

After two years and more than 11,000 learners, the UNDRR & United Nations System Staff College - UNSSC course on synergizing disaster risk reduction and climate action has been updated and expanded.

The new learning pathway dives deeper into comprehensive risk management (CRM), bringing in real-world case studies across regions and governance levels, and making sure an integrated approach leads to resilience building on the ground.
✅ A stronger foundation on the CRM approach
✅ Case studies from multiple regions and governance levels
✅ Practical guidance on integrating DRR and climate action across sectors and scales

This free, flexible online programme is designed for policymakers, practitioners, and development professionals ready to move beyond frameworks and into application.
➡️ https://ow.ly/HEwS50ZapQh

11/06/2026

🌀 Did you know there's a term for when multiple tropical cyclones hit back-to-back?

They're called tropical cyclone clusters – and research shows they're becoming more frequent with climate change.

When cyclones cluster, coastal areas experience repeated damage, stretching response and recovery resources. In 2017, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria all struck the US, one after the other, within one month. This meant the aid to Puerto Rico after Maria was severely limited as emergency teams were already deployed for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

A recent study delved deeper and found:
📉 Probabilistic models have long underestimated the chance of tropical cyclone clusters
📈 Clusters are becoming more frequent in the North Atlantic
⚠️ The global cluster 'hotspot' has shifted from the northwestern Pacific to the North Atlantic basin

In 2020, as many as five cyclones clustered in the Atlantic basin – see the satellite image below!

To read more on hurricane clusters 👉 https://ow.ly/loYY50WGAGz

11/06/2026

🌱Coastal ecosystems protect us from hazards, provide clean water, and store carbon. But with stronger, more frequent tropical cyclones, they’re at risk. Even the world's most storm-adapted ecosystems are losing their recovery window.

Research from MeteoSchweiz and ETH Zürich finds that for coastal ecosystems built to withstand the most intense cyclones, the average gap between major storms is projected to shrink from 19 to 12 years — potentially faster than they can recover.

🌱 When recovery time runs out, the services these ecosystems provide — flood protection, clean water, carbon storage — run out with them.

🛡️We need to protect nature so that nature can protect us.

Unpack the study ➡️ https://ow.ly/TEK850VU5nr

10/06/2026

💼 Discover new career opportunities in disaster risk reduction and resilience building – in the Jobs Digest 👉 https://ow.ly/uZT750Z9TMM

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