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Hospital hallway with doctors, nurses and specialists in hospital. Female and male physicians, surgeons, healthcare officials walk together in corridor with their back to camera
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Vaitsis Koutsipetsidis
Hospitals have disaster plans. So why don't staff read them?
Author finds Greek hospital staff lack access to and training on disaster plans. The article calls for regular practical drills, dedicated preparedness officers, hospital vulnerability assessments and measurable readiness to strengthen emergency response.
An aerial view shows the Rasuwagadhi flood affecting the lower part of the riverbank, hydropower substation, and many houses in Rasuwa, Nepal, on July 08, 2025.
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Kshitiz Pokharel
Rethinking disaster reconstruction in Nepal: Building back for a changing climate
Repeated floods in Nepal’s mountain and hill regions made the author raise a fundamental question: should reconstruction simply restore what was lost, or should it address the changing risks that made those communities vulnerable in the first place? 
Chang Ghar (Raised plinth houses) in Assam
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Manu Gupta
Resilience is about having more choices when risk arrives
This blog resilience means having more choices when risks arise. Strengthening livelihoods, empowering women and protecting ecosystems helps households build financial security, manage uncertainty and adapt to changing circumstances.
Houses were destroyed by the floods in Pakistan 2022.
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Bapon Fakhruddin
From local resilience to systemic risk governance
This blog poses that local preparedness cannot compensate for development, infrastructure, and investment decisions that systematically create and redistribute disaster risk.
Smartphone displaying a flash flood warning alert screen, held by a person standing near rising floodwaters. Concept for emergency notification, natural disaster preparedness, and weather alerts
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Pramod Dabrase
The last mile of disaster risk reduction is not a place. It is a person: DRMS 2.0
This blog's author suggests moving from early warning to early action requires connecting authoritative risk intelligence with people's current location, capabilities and ability to act.
Utility workers repairing fallen power lines in a city street, highlighting teamwork and infrastructure maintenance.
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Jessica Mosahari
Financing infrastructure systems that help island communities choose their future
Pacific SIDS need resilient, interconnected infrastructure and better-aligned climate finance to manage converging risks. The article highlights locally adapted standards, usable risk information, early warnings and coordinated, long-term investment.
Modern high-rise with vertical garden, showcasing urban sustainable design.
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Kaiqi Yang
Risk-informed design: Navigating uncertainty before the full picture is clear
This blog suggests cross-referencing environmental evidence can support early design decisions under uncertainty. Risk-informed design under uncertainty is not about immediate conclusions, but about a more informed reasoning process behind decisions.
Floods in Kathmandu, Nepal, October, 2025.
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Sophia Moxuan Zhang
Who is missing? Planning for people passing through high-risk corridors
Following the Nepal-China border flood, thousands remained unaccounted for, highlighting how cross-border mobility complicates identification, disaster loss accounting and recovery. The blog argues preparedness should include sharing information protocols