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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

Al-Khatam Desert Dubai
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Saudi Arabia strives to regreen deserts to tackle drought and land degradation

Faced with more severe and prolonged droughts, sandstorms and rising temperatures, finding ways to stop dry land from becoming desert, fresh water sources from evaporating, and fertile soil from turning to dust, is now crucial, say experts.
United Nations Environment Programme
A storm ocean wave crashes over the road and floods coastal houses.
Research briefs

Climate change intensifies wind-rain extremes in the UK and Ireland

Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has shown.
Newcastle University
Big wave beneath huge clouds
Update

First tsunami ready communities in the North Pacific

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is the first country in the North Pacific to recognize communities under the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
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First-ever Bangladesh Red Crescent activation of early action protocol for heatwave

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has activated its early action protocol for heatwave, enabling anticipatory actions in the capital, Dhaka, before the worst impacts of the current extreme heat were likely to be felt by people at heightened risk.
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
Nepal - Badil Lama is an engineer trained in landslide mitigation by building safer roads
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How bioengineering saved a Himalayan road from floods

Bioengineering techniques were used to stabilize exposed slopes in Himachal Pradesh as part of a flagship government to provide reliable all-weather connectivity.
Dialogue Earth
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Lessons from COVID-19: Preparing for future pandemics means looking beyond the health data

The time to conduct extensive research and develop policies based on calm, reasoned judgements is now, when the last pandemic is behind us and the next is yet to come.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

Addressing compounded crises in Belize: How a flexible approach cushioned vulnerable communities against shocks

The government of Belize, with support from the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), addressed the urgent needs of vulnerable households and small farmers that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Documents and publications

A methodology for identifying, documenting and extrapolating potential good practices in disaster risk management

This paper proposes a methodology for identifying, documenting, and extrapolating potential good practices in Disaster Risk Management from the literature with a procedure that consists of five steps.

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