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Benjamin K. Sovacool, an associate professor at Vermont Law School, states in the Huffington Post that decisions made today on adaptation may determine how vulnerable we are to future climate-induced events...
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, focuses on the emergence of large-scale catastrophes and crises and some of the policy issues related to how better manage them collectively...
QuakeUp is a smartphone application that saves lives by empowering people in earthquake areas, turning them into situ 'human captors', and providing them with instantaneous early warnings so they can take action...
'Here's the decision that we all continue to ignore at our own peril: Make significantly greater investments today to help us prepare for the new weather 'normals' of tomorrow, or roll the dice and wait for the next storm - or drought - to hit?'...
'Disaster mitigation is crucial. It is far more cost-effective to improve homes before natural hazards become disasters,' reminds Jonathan T.M. Reckford, the chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International...
In this last in a series of articles for the Huffington Post on extreme weather events in the United States, William S. Becker discusses what communities can do to help themselves...
The term 'perfect storm' is overused now, but it is the perfect metaphor for the violent relationship between people and the environment today. We are experiencing a convergence of factors that are putting us at great risk, writes William S Becker in part one of three in an opinion series for the Huffington Post in a call for improved governance and and investments in disaster risk reduction...
'Failing to minimize and manage the risk is a dereliction of duty to everyone who is vulnerable,' writes William S. Becker in his article for the Huffington Post...
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.