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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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Innovative control strategy for flood mitigation through a combination of barrage management on impounded rivers and polders

The research work aims to provide a detailed investigation of various ways of potentially reducing peaks: adapted barrage operation, polder operation, a combination of both, and the simulation-based development of complex control specifications.
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New NOAA climate action plan emphasizes needs of underserved communities

Action Plan, NOAA Administrative Order, new Climate-Ready Nation team to advance adaptation, resilience efforts.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Man walking barefoot in a flooded street in Wilsele, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium (2021)
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Europe in the spotlight as global economic losses from catastrophes reach USD 280 billion in 2023

In what was the hottest year on record, Swiss Re’s latest report reveals that catastrophes resulted in global economic losses of USD 280 billion in 2023. Of these, USD 108 billion (40%) were insured, above the previous 10-year average of USD 89 billion.
Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)
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Documents and publications

The toolkit for monitoring, evaluation and learning for national adaptation plan processes

This toolkit provides practical guidance for the development and continuous improvement of MEL systems for NAP processes.
Redwood forest canopy
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Forest degradation increases community vulnerability to extreme floods

This blog focuses on how forests' ability to regulate the movement of rainwater and snowmelt through forested landscapes can be degraded by industrial logging. It is part of a joint series between the David Suzuki Foundation and NRDC.
Natural Resources Defense Council
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Kenya floods: as the costs add up pressure mounts on a country in economic crisis

The extreme intensity of the rain has resulted in devastating floods. Poor maintenance of key infrastructure and drainage systems, and disregard of environmental regulations regarding maintenance of land near rivers, contributed to the situation.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Toolbox for transboundary water contingency management in the Sava River Basin

The toolbox and related strategies for transboundary water contingency management in the Sava River Basin improve the resilience of countries within the basin against flooding and pollution events and reduce associated risks to people and the environment.
Climate-ADAPT
A small Asian girl hides behind the brick wall from the sun.
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Over 10 million children affected by high heat in Thailand

Babies and young children are often at the greatest risk of heat-related mortality.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)

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