Games for disaster risk reduction

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Introduction

Games can be a powerful tool to support awareness-raising initiatives and capacity building efforts in disaster risk reduction.

Play and learn how to stop disasters: Build your risk knowledge and strengthen your disaster preparedness.

You can also explore school documents and educational materials for disaster risk reduction.

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Capacity development
Education and school safety

Knowledge base

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Jogo da glória

O projeto “Jogo da Glória - SMPC Santo Tirso” visa a sensibilização do público infantojuvenil no âmbito da proteção civil.
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Educational materials

Triple zero kids' challenge

The Triple Zero Kids' Challenge is a learning experience that provides children with important knowledge and skills on safety.
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Educational materials

Jouez le jeu BE-Ready!

Jouez au jeu passionnant BE-Ready qui vous prépare à toute situation d'urgence. En réalisant les bonnes actions à temps en cas d'incendie, d'inondation ou d'accident chimique, vous pouvez mettre en sécurité, vous et vos amis.
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How a board game can help vulnerable communities prepare for catastrophic wildfires

Wildfire season is here, with several blazes already burning across the country. Climate change is increasing their frequency and intensity, and experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities. But some are trying a new approach - a board game.
NPR
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Research briefs

Geeks versus climate change: Understanding video game players’ engagement with global warming

Nearly 2/3 of Americans play video games and video game developers are working on ways to incorporate climate content into games. However, little research has examined whether video game players have unique value as an audience for climate communication.
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Documents and publications

Creative policy dialogues through serious fun: Humour and acrobatics to confront climate and mental Health

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre led an interdisciplinary team to evaluate different ways to harness humour and circus arts to help reshape policy dialogues relating to climate change and mental health.
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Extreme heat series for minecraft education

Students around the world can explore a new virtual world to learn heat wave survival skills and cooling solutions through the Minecraft Education platform.
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
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Documents and publications

Climate Resilience Toolkit: Arts-based activities for changing climates

This toolkit represents a new way to approach climate change communication and climate adaptation by allowing people to think about and imagine climate resilience, climate justice, and adaptation using different medium.
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Can a video game prepare us for the Big One?

Learning basic emergency preparedness one terrifying level at a time.
Portland Monthly
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Educational materials

Prepare with Pedro: An adventure in emergency preparedness game

FEMA and American Red Cross partnered to create a new game “Prepare with Pedro: An Adventure in Emergency Preparedness” and “Super-Prepared Penguin Expansion Pack.”

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