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Ensuring an all-of-society engagement and partnership for DRR through empowerment and inclusive, accessible and non-discriminatory participation, paying special attention to people disproportionately affected by disasters, especially the poorest.

Here are five ways countries ensure persons with disabilities are not left behind when the next disaster strikes.
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David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development, International Institute for Environment and Development
Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?

Whose lives are most at risk in urban areas of the global South – for instance from preventable diseases and disasters? And what are the most serious

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Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, University College London
Saving lives in earthquakes

How many deaths have been caused by earthquakes throughout history? Tens of millions? Millions? Hundreds of thousands? The answer, perhaps, is close

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Frank Thomalla, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute
Lessons from disaster risk reduction in Indonesia

Indonesia is amongst the countries in the world with the highest risk from environmental hazards and climate change impacts. Following the devastating

Rescuers work at the scene of the rubbish dump landslide in Addis Ababa (Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene)
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Urban disasters highlight need for resilience in Africa

Rising disasters in Africa’s cities and their links with poverty and rapid, unplanned urbanisation are ever more apparent from tragedies such as the recent rubbish dump landslide in Addis Ababa, which killed at least 113 people.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Making climate risk insurance work for the most vulnerable: Seven guiding principles

This policy report contributes to the learning process by presenting the results of the study “Climate risk insurance for the poor & vulnerable: How to effectively implement the pro-poor focus of InsuResilience”, that analysed 18 already existing climate

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
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Climate risk insurance for the poor & vulnerable: How to effectively implement the pro-poor focus of InsuResilience

This publication reports on the results of a research study on climate risk insurance. This study contributes to the learning process and the global discussion on addressing climate change risks for the poor. It does so by presenting research results

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
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Major hazards and people with disabilities: A toolkit for good practice

This Toolkit provides guidance and good practice examples for civil protection professionals and decision makers, disaster officers, emergency managers, disabled peoples’ organisations and people with disabilities and their families to ensure the active

Council of Europe (COE)
European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement
National Disaster Risk Assessment
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Words into Action guidelines: National disaster risk assessment

In 2016 UNDRR commissioned the development of guidelines on national disaster risk assessment (NDRA) as part of a series of thematic guidelines under its “Words into Action” initiative.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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