DRR Community Voices

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Tsunami awareness event in Timor-Leste, 2025
Blog
Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch
Can music improve tsunami preparedness? Lessons from Timor-Leste
Tsunami risk is already well known in many coastal communities, but translating awareness into sustained engagement and action remains a challenge. For World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025, agencies explored whether music could help bridge that gap.
Flooding leads to road closures in Bridge of Allan, Scotland, UK.
Blog
Marcelo Napoli
From crisis to resilience: How the village of Kemnay transformed its flood defences
In 2016, Storm Frank devastated Kembhill Park in Scotland, flooding 48 homes. MegaSecur witnessed how a passive community transformed itself into a leader of its own governance by implementing Water-Gate technology.
Financial information on country and stacks of coins with charts graphs stock market in the background
Blog
Bapon Fakhruddin, PhD
Why disaster risk financing must evolve to meet the climate crisis
Climate-related disasters are increasing, yet global A&R finance remains fragmented, reactive, and far below estimated needs. In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, the way we finance disaster risk is no longer fit for purpose.
Man outdoors checking weather forecast on his mobile phone
Interview
Dr Susan Joslyn
The influence of uncertainty: How a psychologist is improving disaster decision-making
In this instalment in the Careers in Resilience series, PreventionWeb interviewed Susan, reflecting on her career and exploring what it takes to support better decision-making in the face of uncertainty.
Concept of flood risk on a digital map
Blog
Dr. Sanjay K. Srivastava
Artificial Intelligence captures complex disaster risk
The next frontier of AI will not be just predicting a storm's path. It will be about understanding the "invisible dominoes"—the complex, compounding, and cascading risks that happen when our infrastructure fails.
News
Blog
Sanjay Saifi
Bridging the last mile: Rethinking disaster risk communication in academic research
Risk communication is the bridge between science and preparedness. If academic research continues to prioritise prediction without equally focusing on how warnings are understood and acted upon, early warning systems will remain socially ineffective.
Measure resilience to unlock local-level DRR solutions
Blog
Michael Szönyi Mamadou Ndong Touré Gabriel Reyes
Measure resilience to unlock local-level DRR solutions
A resilience measurement framework, adaptable to any community and proven in its effectiveness, has the potential to address some of the most common challenges.
Kingston, Jamaica - October 30, 2025: Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in the Heart of Kingston
Blog
Adriana Navarro-Sertich
Beyond counting roofs: Why disaster recovery metrics shape the wrong outcomes
If we make destroyed homes the global measure of disaster impact, we risk channelling resources toward the most visible part of recovery while neglecting the systems that make four walls and a roof actually livable.