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“Help Kids Cope,” a mobile app for families in the midst of natural disasters, will be widely available July 15. The app provides guidance on coping with wildfires and other disasters, and features checklists, safety and response tips, age-appropriate language to calm and support kids, tips for parents to care for their own emotional needs, and other coping materials.
This policy brief builds on the UN Plan of action on disaster risk reduction for resilience and its call for community-based disaster risk reduction, arguing the urban poor who live in informal settlements and work informal jobs can become key act
Join top scientists, including 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipients from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the public sector and industry to share insights on how climate change is projected to affect Southern California, and stra
Experts from academia, government, and the private sector at Earthquake Symposium 2010 will address seismic risk and discuss potential solutions for saving lives and minimizing property damage. Among the subjects to be discussed are:
This conference will promote dialogue between local health departments and others to improve emergency public health preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
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.