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Disaster risk management

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses.

Latest Disaster risk management additions in the Knowledge Base

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Research briefs

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

A report by a team of 40 experts outlines a new approach to forest stewardship that “braids together” Indigenous knowledge and Western science to conserve and restore more resilient forestlands.
University of Washington
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Documents and publications

Stories of change from the drought resilience and sustainable livelihoods program (DRSLP-II)-Somalia project

This booklet presents the success stories from the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP-II).
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Navigating the “dog days:” Experience of the Mexican Red Cross during 2023 heatwaves

This case study explores the preparedness and response efforts by the Mexican Red Cross (Cruz Roja Mexicana) during the 2023 heat waves where temperatures climbed close to 50°C (122°F) in parts of the country.
Global Disaster Preparedness Center
A family fetches water from a stream during a drought in Madagascar
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Climate-affected Madagascar adapts to new reality: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Madagascar is the fourth most vulnerable country in the world to climate change. It is recurrently hit by droughts and cyclones that are increasing in frequency, duration and intensity due to climate change.
United Nations - Headquarters
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Documents and publications

Adapting a systems perspective for sectoral coordination: approaching flood resilience in Houston and Accra

This paper explores the effect of institutional coordination on managing flood risk in two cities plagued by flooding.
Hand extended below a faucet dropping water
Update

Meeting our water needs for the next 25 years

Reviewing water companies Water Resource Management Plans (WRMPs) is one of the most important ways to ensure there is enough water to meet future demands. These plans set out how water companies will govern water security for the next 25 years.
United Kingdom - government
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Documents and publications

Climate change, wildfires and human health

This policy brief summarises new evidence on how climate change will increase the health risks from wildfires across the world.
Uncounted costs - heat
Research briefs

Extreme heat and ozone pollution: A call for targeted control strategies in China

Considering that extreme heat events have been becoming increasingly frequent in recent decades and are also expected to do so in the future, effective control strategies to reduce ozone pollution risks are urgently needed.
Chinese Academy of Sciences

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