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The Women's Resilience Index (WRI) assesses countries capacity for risk reduction in disaster and recovery, and the extent to which women are considered in national efforts.
The Economist's overview highlights the IPCC report's warning about extreme weather events leading to breakdown of critical services; a 'risk of severe ill-health and disrupted livelihoods'; and 'the breakdown of food systems, linked to warming.
New proposals to reform subsidized flood insurance do too little to reduce risk, according to a report. 'Neither are the new schemes’ pooling mechanisms likely to favour those in the most need of help' Erwann Michel-Kerjan of the Wharton School of Business told the Economist...
The threat grows from rising water and sinking buildings. The Economist reports on the threat of climate change, rapid urbanization and the changes in zoning and planning that city governments must undertake to mitigate flood risk - even at a short-term cost to economic growth...
While the world has succeeded in making 'natural' disasters less deadly, through better early-warning systems for tsunamis, better public information about evacuation plans, tougher building codes in quake-prone areas and so on, their economic cost is rising...
The Economist’s World Oceans Summit will examine how the increasing activity in and around the oceans can be managed sustainably and what this means for business and other key stakeholders.
Extensive media coverage meant people were more aware of the oncoming storm and better prepared to deal with it when it hit. That's a good thing, too. Remember: 19 people are dead, millions of people are without power, and there is widespread flooding and property damage across over a dozen states. People complaining about the 'hype' are missing the point, wrote the author of an Economist blog post...
'Global action is not going to stop climate change. The world needs to look harder at how to live with it', says the Economist, in the lead up to the climate talks in Cancún, Mexico next week...
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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