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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.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS), vol. 112, no. 24, 2015, pp. 7396–7401, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1406486112:

This article examines one of China’s new ecosystem service protection and human development policies: the Relocation and

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
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This paper argues that to ensure inclusive and sustainable progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, member states will need to support durable solutions to displacement.

Norwegian Refugee Council
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
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UNU-EHS Working Paper Series, No. 9:

This article presents several multi-scale case studies from islands around the world to offer a historically informed review of the cultural, environmental, political and economic systems and influences on island

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
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'The ministry has put in a lot of effort to ensure that students and all workers of the Ministry of Education are protected in schools; that teaching and learning can still continue in the face of disaster. Education sector investments must be safeguarded from the impacts of reoccurring hazards,' Ministry of Education acting permanent secretary, Kelera Taloga said, according to the Jet...

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'Child-centred disaster risk reduction is a long-term investment. Raising awareness of children and youth on disaster risk will ensure better disaster-prepared generations across this region and contribute to save and improve many lives' reports Philippe Cori, Deputy Regional Director for UNICEF in South Asia, according to Punjab News Express...

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'As the focus of the response shifts from emergency assistance to recovery and rehabilitation, the urgent needs throughout Rakhine State need to be addressed,' said Giuseppe de Vincentiis, UNHCR Representative in Myanmar. Among the ongoing challenges is ending displacement...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Natural Hazards, September 2015, doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1950-0:

This paper presents an empirical investigation of socioeconomic resilience to natural hazard-triggered disasters of tropical cyclone affected communities in southwestern coastal Bangladesh

Springer
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The Regional Youth Advisory Council Cordillera is seeking for youth representation in local disaster risk reduction and management councils. National and local consultations revealed that the youth have been participating in numerous DRRM related activities such as community hazard mapping, mental health and psycho-social services, and climate change adaptation activities...

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