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DRR Voices

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Mauritius Port Sud-Est
Interview
Adair Ackley Gina Bonne

Gina Bonne: Coordinating island states to cope with the climate emergency

Careers in resilience: As Head of the Environment and Climate Change Department for the Indian Ocean Commission, Gina Bonne assists island states to manage climate change-related issues and disaster risk reduction.
WIN DRR
Interview

Women leaders in DRR share tsunami stories

Women leaders in DRR share tsunami stories.
Maselina Iuta Fiso portrait photo
Interview

Maselina Iuta Fiso: “If we don’t inform or teach those with disabilities how to protect them from disaster, we're leaving them behind”

Maselina leads advocacy campaigns with the Deaf Association of Samoa engaging stakeholders such as the Samoa Meteorological Office, Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the National Disaster Management Office.
Poster CREWS Tonga
Blog
CREWS

Strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems in Tonga

In response to the unprecedented volcano and tsunami, Kingdom of Tonga develops Tonga Mobile Applications Community MHEW and Response System (MACRES) through the CREWS Accelerated Support Window.
A photo of two laughing children wearing traditional Mongolian dress in a field with cashmere goats
Blog
Ronald Jackson - UNDP Sára Csapó - UNDP

What if early warning systems are used to trigger social protection measures in times of crisis?

What if early warning systems are used to trigger the allocation of resources for social protection measures in times of crisis?
Women leaders
Blog

Women leaders and early warning systems

The primary goal of disaster risk reduction is prevention. But when that is not possible, then it is important to minimize the harm to people, assets and livelihoods through early warning systems.
Tsunami siren warning loudspeakers in Thailand
Blog

Acting early before disasters hit: how business help scale up anticipatory action

To ensure access to early action for all, more needs to be done to scale up the approach, in particular by involving the private sector.
A photo of several women in lab coats and face masks making face masks in a UNDP workshop in Iran.
Blog
Beth Allen - UNDP Boukje Kistemake - UNDP

What if early warning systems are held back by the affordability of early action?

This blog reflects on the implications of structural inequalities for early warning, and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the affordability of early action for all.
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