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2023

Strengthening resilience against shocks, stressors and recurring crises in low- and middleincome countries: an evidence gap map

This brief is based on an evidence gap map of interventions that aim to strengthen resilience against shocks, stressors, and recurring crises in low-and middle-income countries. This map was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
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Research briefs

Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Niña more likely

New research by American scientists suggests the Black Summer fires were massive enough to influence the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle. It’s one of the most important drivers of unusual weather over the entire globe.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Earth’s climate is changing. IBM’s new geospatial foundation model could help track and adapt to a new landscape

Built from IBM’s collaboration with NASA, the watsonx.ai model is designed to convert satellite data into high-resolution maps of floods, fires, and other landscape changes to reveal our planet’s past and hint at its future.
IBM Corporation
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Business case for DRR

These resources explore the economic, social and environmental dividends of investing in disaster risk reduction.

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Words into Action
Implementation guides for the Sendai Framework
Latest guide: Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
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Learning from Past Disasters
Türkiye-Syria earthquakes 2023

On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes struck southern and central Türkiye, and northern and western Syria. The first had a magnitude of Mw 7.8 and the second of Mw 7.7.

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Blog: DRR Voices

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Lithuanian youth activists and schools mark Earth Day with workshops on risk education

In Klaipėda, Lithuania, a group of young climate and ecology activists decided to mark Earth Day by inviting 300 students to develop a disaster prevention and response plan to avoid a climate apocalypse in Lithuania.
Inclusive early warnings for all
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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.
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
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Innovation in Disaster Prevention: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities
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Forecast-based Financing in CCADRR
Actions government and emergency services can take on disability inclusive disaster risk reduction
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Actions that service providers can take on DIDRR
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Sendai Framework
Sendai Framework Monitor
A set of 38 indicators track progress in implementing the seven targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Global Assesment Report
The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk.
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Making Cities Resilient 2030
Join other cities on a pathway to resilience – making the city safer, preventing risks and promoting innovation and investments.
Voluntary Commitments
Voluntary Commitments
The Voluntary Commitments initiative was developed to support the development of partnerships at all levels to implement the Sendai framework.
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Knowledge Hub: Women's Resilience to Disasters
A network of local, national, regional and global #DRR stakeholders and women's organizations working to build women’s resilience to disasters.
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Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction
The Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) supports and promotes women's leadership in DRR across Asia and the Pacific.
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International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
The International Day for Disaster Reduction is an international day that encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster-resilient communities and nations.
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Disaster Risk Reduction Association of Journalists
DIRAJ is an association of journalists and communicators working in the fields of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and humanitarian response in Africa and around the world.
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Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework
Called for by the UN General Assembly the MTR SF marks the midpoint in the implementation of the Sendai Framework, the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.