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This collection of case studies from across the globe showcases practical, real-world examples of disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction in action.

The need to understand, adapt to, and mitigate disaster risks is greater than ever. These case studies are in-depth studies of a particular case in a real-world context. Each case study highlights unique challenges, innovative solutions, and impactful outcomes, providing insight into the strategies that communities, organizations, and governments have implemented to protect lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems.

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Algeria Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Ethiopia Brazil Sri Lanka Iceland
Detection and warning for under-monitored hazards
Extreme heat, wildfires, volcanic eruptions and solar storms have been highlighted as hazards requiring greater investment. Some of these may sit outside the scope of national hydrometeorological networks, yet need to be monitored.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Madagascar Uganda Brazil Afghanistan Hong Kong (China) India Singapore
MHEWS Co-production and feedback loops in action
Case studies from Brazil, Bangladesh, India, Uganda, Madagascar, Afghanistan and the Hong Kong–Singapore flight corridor provide examples of how co-production and feedback loops can work in practice.
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Save the Children International
  • The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
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Haiti
Haiti: Matching warning technology to existing capacity in a fragile context
Haiti is highly exposed to multiple hazards compounded by fragile operating conditions, including poverty, political instability, infrastructure gaps, blackouts, security constraints and limited institutional resources.
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Ethiopia Mali Afghanistan
Lessons in implementing MHEWS in fragile, conflict- and violence-affected contexts
Experience from Afghanistan, Mali, the Somali region of Ethiopia demonstrates that meaningful progress on multi-hazard early warning is possible even in fragile, conflict-affected and resource-constrained environments.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
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Djibouti Zimbabwe Nepal
Consulting communities to build people-centred, end-to-end MHEWS
For MHEWS to reach and genuinely serve the ‘last mile’, communities must come first. Experience from Zimbabwe, Djibouti and Nepal illustrates why communities should be treated as partners, as sources of risk knowledge and as operators of MHEWS.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
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Nepal
Initial learning from the flash flood in the Rasuwa district of Nepal
On 26 August 2026, a flash flood on the Bhotekoshi river swept through the Rasuwa district of Nepal, killing more than 1,355 people and destroying everything in its path (Neupane, 2026).
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Mauritius Belize Cook Islands Fiji
Opportunities and challenges for MHEWS in Small Island Developing States
SIDS are particularly vulnerable to climate-related hazards, while also sharing characteristics that make MHEWS particularly challenging to implement.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Nepal
The Institutionalization of Urban Preparedness, Earthquake Preparedness and Response in Western Region of Nepal (SUPER)
The Institutionalization of Urban Preparedness, Earthquake Preparedness and Response in Western Region of Nepal (SUPER) project seeks to enhance and institutionalize municipal and provincial preparedness for impending urban and earthquake risks.
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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