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I have never witnessed before, or since, anything like the scale of destruction that I saw from a helicopter flying along Bangladesh’s coastline in
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRR WG) is developing and implementing a coherent and crosscutting
Co-authored by Tuga Alaskary
When making economic decisions, planning new infrastructure or developing business plans, climate and disaster risks
In Nepal, 80% of the country’s population is exposed to natural hazards, among which flood is a major one. The Terai region of Nepal is particularly
Co-authored by Ms. Rahel Steinbach, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience Programme Specialist at UN Women, and Ms. Tanja Tuominen, Programme
Co-authored with Martha McPherson and Katie Keward
In an increasingly uncertain world, the concept of ‘risk’ has come to the forefront of policy. We
By Gerardo Huertas, Animals in Disasters Global Director. World Animal Protection
For rural communities in India, protecting animals from disasters
By H.E. Ambassador for Gender Equality, Ms. Julie-Ann Guivarra (Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade – Government of Australia), and Ms. Åsa Regnér
In the Asia Pacific region, disaster risks converge with critical socioeconomic vulnerabilities, environmental degradation, and climate change, making
Avoid. Reduce. Transfer. Assume. These terms are used to describe decisions we make in our daily lives about managing risk, including disaster risk