DRR Community Voices

The DRR Community Voices share personal stories and perspectives from the disaster risk reduction trenches on reducing risk and building resilience.

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Kevin Blanchard, DRR Dynamics Ltd

Disasters are increasing, both in terms of frequency and severity. In 2017 alone, disasters claimed over 10,000 people, injured millions and caused

Supriya Krishnan

Urban planning must take center stage to move from a ‘prohibitory’ towards a more ‘regulated’ form of growth.

The coverage of disasters in the media

Teresa Deubelli, Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The OECD’s recent report “Assessing the Real Cost of Disasters” found that more and more OECD countries gather disaster loss data for major disasters, but the damages from extensive risk – such as regional droughts or floods – often go unreported.
Kevin Blanchard, Executive Director, DRR Dynamics Ltd

Tomorrow is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 and the theme this year is focused on Target C of the Sendai Framework, reducing

Katie Peters, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute

In a week when Cyclone Luban is heading towards Oman and Yemen and several US states have declared a state of emergency, the importance of

Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney

While the media is largely silent on the experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people following disasters

Lindsay Ross
Energy transition risk and physical climate risk both impact markets and companies. Transition risks are the potential large-scale impacts of rapidly decarbonizing our economies and energy systems.
Joel Thomas, CEO, SPIN Global

What is the most effective way to assess regional disaster resilience and measure progress?

Our research posits that every element of systems

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