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A plague of locusts swarm across the country side near Port Headland in Western Australia.
Interview
Life as a locust officer: safeguarding crops and communities from desert locust
In this interview with PreventionWeb, Ali Babalifashki, Desert Locust Information Officer at the Plant Protection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, shares insights from the field on managing locust risks and protecting vulnerable communities.
Citizen in France testing a flood VR tool
Interview
Pierre Scholl Yacine Haddou Matthieu Hervé
Virtual reality for flood risk communication: Making rare events tangible
By making rare and complex events easier to visualise, this case study from France shows how tools that combine virtual reality and special effects improve public understanding and dialogue on flood risk.
voting box
Blog
Erik Asplund Sarah Birch Ferran Martínez i Coma
Managing disaster risks in electoral processes
In 2024 alone, extreme weather disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries and this is only the beginning. Evidence indicates that natural hazards are increasingly becoming a threat to elections, especially in regions vulnerable to extreme weather events.
Amadora city
Blog
Marta Curado Carlos Rocha Luís Carvalho
Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction in Amadora: building resilience through local action
Building resilience for people with disabilities requires ensuring that their needs are fully recognised and integrated into disaster risk reduction (DRR) planning.
woman on the construction of a hut at Omorate on Ethiopia
Blog
Israel Hinkossa
Gamifying Gadaa: Indigenous knowledge meets real trees
A statistics graduate in rural Ethiopia built a game that translates the UNESCO‑recognized Oromo Gadaa democracy into digital climate action, allowing players to earn points that fund real‑world, community‑verified reforestation.
AI Learning and Artificial Intelligence Concept.
Blog
Kevin Blanchard
AI in disaster risk reduction: Who is being left out?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of disaster risk reduction (DRR). It is already being used to forecast hazards , map exposure and guide decisions about where assistance may be needed.
Historic commercial buildings on Milk Market Road in historic city center of Bridgetown, Barbados
Blog
Cheryl Griffith Lizra Fabien
Resilience, real and lived: Lessons on strengthening Caribbean MSMEs
Work on micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) resilience often centres on frameworks, tools and systems. Yet resilience is ultimately about people and the realities businesses face every day.
Set of infographic elements about satellite internet and AI
Blog
Sanjay Srivastava
GeoAI guardians: why disaster risk tools must model cascading impacts
When one system breaks down, others often follow. A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tools – referred to here as GeoAI Guardian– aims to anticipate the cascading impacts on water, health, and communication systems.