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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
Two women sitting in a building being reconstructed after the Myanmar earthquake in 2025.
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Mai Mya Mya Win
Financial inclusion as a driver of earthquake recovery and resilience in Myanmar
Financial inclusion is not only a pathway out of poverty, but also a critical tool for disaster risk reduction, as shown by a project of financial resilience for women in Myanmar.
Contemporary schoolgirl and her two classmates in vr headsets touching virtual objects.
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Sanjay Saifi
Augmented, virtual or mixed reality: choosing the right tool for disaster risk management
Which Extended Reality (XR) technology is most appropriate for different hazards and phases of disaster risk management?