Education

Philippines: Disaster council urges local government, schools to be prepared for calamities

'With the onset of rainy season, we need to be prepared for possible flash floods, landslides, and related disasters especially in high risk and vulnerable areas,' said Broderick Train, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officer. ..

Connect the dots for climate change this Saturday

This Saturday, from drought-stricken Mongolia to Himalayan communities threatened by glacial melt, Climatedots.org will bring people together to hold rallies and remind everyone of the extreme weather events that are happening in their communities because of climate change.

Japan provides grant assistance for 9 refugee camps at the Thai-Myanmar border

Fire, flooding and landslides are the three biggest threats to these camps. The grant is intended to promote solidarity among refugee communities and increase their motivation in disaster risk reduction, safety matters, and environmental protection...

Japan’s resilience lessons

'As the Hyogo Framework comes to an end, it is important to start thinking now about its replacement, which will guide us through the thicket of risks emerging in the urbanized, interdependent world of the twenty-first century,' writes Margareta Wahlström, Head of UNISDR...

This educational comic for children and youth focuses on fire, issued as part of a series of comics covering 7 hazards (drought, earthquake, fire, flood, hygiene promotion, tsunami, typhoon and cyclones).

Indonesia: City enters its most combustible stage, more education needed

With Jakarta registering a record number of fires last month, urban analysts said that the public needs to be educated on fire prevention measures. Stern measures need to be adopted against Jakartans who establish illegal electricity connections...

'Natural disasters': Signs that Earth can’t bear more

'Schools teachers and parents should view the impact of the natural disasters after its immediate passing. They should teach the children how to change the frightening events of the natural disaster in a learning experience' says a GreenFudge post. Learn more...

Technology not key in disaster warnings

Community participation and education are key to emergency warnings says chief executive of the Australasian Fire Authorities Council, asserting that the role of technology in emergency warnings and procedures is not of critical importance...