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.
“Stop Disasters” is a UNISDR disaster simulation game for children, who are asked to plan a safe environment - an often overlooked role for this population. The aim of introducing disaster risk reduction and climate friendly curriculum is not only to train children, but also to introduce behavior change in next generations to act responsibly and environmentally friendly.
In step with many international aid agencies, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is putting significant effort into disaster risk reduction, even as it pursues its mission of alleviating suffering caused by disasters. The agency recently supported a three-day in-depth training in three vulnerable areas, aimed at ensuring a hazard does not become a deadly disaster.
Two pilot projects are currently being carried out under the Support to Debushing Project. The results of pioneer activities to prove that bush-based feed works especially during droughts as emergency feed and also as supplement feed have been remarkable and in many cases bush based animal fodder has proven to be the only viable option for farmers during drought periods.
This policy brief provides Philippine stakeholders of jails/prisons management and disaster risk reduction with tangible evidence on how jails, prisons as well as inmates and prisoners deal with natural hazards and disasters. This set of evidence should
This brief draws examples from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia and details how gender is or is not an integral element of adaptation practices and policies. The document offers recommendations for how greater inclusion can be achieved, in a
Oxfam International Secretariat
International Development Research Center
University of Cape Town (UCT)
Government of Canada
ActionAid International
University of East Anglia
University of Ghana
University of Namibia
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Siddhartha Nagar has been vulnerable to flooding every monsoon season, causing loss of life and property, and consequently misery, frustration and anger. This year, the town has stood more resilient than before to the seasonal downpours, with no casualties and hardly any damage to public property, owing partly to an ADB-supported urban infrastructure program.
Reducing disaster mortality is the theme of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction. The Fukushima Global Communication Programme's final report offers advice on how to reduce mortality from compound disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
