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Seaports could lose $67 billion yearly from disasters

Small islands and low-income nations face the largest relative monetary losses to their ports and maritime trade.

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Research briefs

Wildfires are increasingly burning California's snowy landscapes and colliding with winter droughts to shrink California's snowpack

A new study shows that midwinter dry spells lead to dramatic losses of winter snowpack in burned areas
Desert Research Institute
CREWS in the Caribbean
Features

Disaster prevention in the Caribbean: a buoy for the future

The CREWS Caribbean initiative’s purpose is to support Caribbean countries in their efforts to increase their weather and climate services and to generate and communicate effective, impact-based and gender-responsive MHEWS and risk information.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative
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Updates

Learning from South Korea: Building resilient health systems for pandemic preparedness

Korea’s response to COVID-19, heralded as one of the most successful in the world, offers a good example on how to build a resilient health system.
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Resource guides

Building resilient roads

Access disruptions on roads following a disaster can cause significant social and economic losses. Risk informed infrastructure investment is critical to ensure the construction and maintenance of resilient road networks.

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
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is remembered as one of the worst disaste

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Blog: DRR Voices

Inclusive early warnings for all
Blog

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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Blog

Mapping Liberia’s resilient future

In Liberia, challenges abound, but progress will prevail. Joining MCR2030 is helping its cities build resilience to disease outbreaks, and reducing the impacts of natural hazards.
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
DOCUMENTS, TOOLS AND PROCESSES
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Upcoming events
Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Outbreak Readiness Training — Ethiopia
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Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean
Voices on Climate Action: Where to turn up the volume
WEBINAR: Impact through advocacy – Evidence and advice from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance
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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.