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As global temperature rise, more and more people will need energy efficient and affordable cooling solutions to ensure their health and well-being.

These resources aim to enhance understanding of coherence and inform future policy planning and implementation support, towards more comprehensive and coherent DRR and CCA approaches.

Technology can help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. From early detection to contact-tracing apps, patient triaging via AI, and robotic hospital sanitisation, technology solutions can help through all stages of pandemic preparedness and response.

The widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the systemic nature of risk.

Humanitarianism and DRR mutually inform each other. Below are key readings for understanding the humanitarian-DRR nexus.

For many countries, the tourism industry is a major economic driver. As disasters increasingly threaten popular touristic destinations, it is critical for the tourism sector to invest in preparedness and disaster resilience.

Evacuation route planning is a key part of disaster risk management with the primary aim of reducing risk to life in the face of hazards.

Urban heat islands occur when human activity and construction create higher temperatures in urban areas than the surrounding landscape.