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Information management and technology

This theme covers aspects related to hardware, software, networks, and media for the collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information for disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as related services. It also addresses information management to support knowledge sharing for DRR, such as data exchange standards and taxonomy.

Latest Information management and technology additions in the Knowledge Base

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Documents and publications

Mapping for crisis management

The objective of this report is to show how the European Crisis Management Laboratory Mapping Team at the Joint Research Centre plays a key role in delineating all the components of disaster events, with its daily reports and on-demand products.
Hallways with supercomputers.
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Fujitsu delivers new supercomputer system to Japan Meteorological Agency to improve prediction accuracy for typhoons and torrential rain

Fujitsu announced the delivery of a new supercomputer system to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to improve prediction accuracy for typhoons and torrential rains and help authorities develop data-driven plans to provide early warning and evacuation.
Fujitsu
Location and date marker for glacier in Jasper National Park in Canada. Clear evidence of global warming.
Research briefs

Groundbreaking new data can make us better understand glaciers

It is not a secret that glaciers are melting, and that it causes a problem with sea levels rising, but a new way of reading, collecting, and analyzing data using AI, can make us better understand what is happening with the glaciers in the Arctic.
EurekAlert
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Global concept of climate change
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Copernicus interactive climate atlas: A game changer for policymakers

The Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas is set to be an important new resource for policymakers looking to formulate effective climate policy and for other users needing to visualize and analyze climate change information.
Copernicus Climate Change Service
This picture shows a boy with crutches in the Dadaab refugee camp in Somalia.
Update

Findings from a global analysis: Disability disaggregated data in disaster risk reduction

Our in-depth analysis explores the challenges and opportunities that arise when collecting disability-disaggregated data in disaster-prone contexts and how such data can be used to improve disaster risk reduction programmes.
Christian Blind Mission
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Documents and publications

Collecting disability disaggregated data in disaster risk reduction: Findings and lessons learned

Efforts to improve disability inclusion into government strategies, DRR plans, and humanitarian response initiatives is hindered by the absence of disaggregated data, impeding the understanding of disability prevalence before, during and after crises.
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Documents and publications

Reclassifying historical disasters: From single to multi-hazards

This study presents an approach for identifying multi-hazard events during the past 123 years (1900–2023) using the EM-DAT global disaster database.
Aerial view of flooded houses with dirty water of Dnister River in Halych town, western Ukraine
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Five key needs for addressing flood injustice

Better data and assessment metrics—and improved researcher involvement in communities—are needed to understand and redress inequitable vulnerabilities to and recoveries from flooding.
Eos - AGU

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