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Preparedness

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to and recover from the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

Preparedness action is carried out within the context of disaster risk management and aims to build the capacities needed to efficiently manage all types of emergencies.

This theme covers aspects related to preparedness, contingency planning, disaster response plans, prevention, anticipatory action.

What’s the difference between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM)?

Latest Preparedness additions in the Knowledge Base

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Documents and publications

This handbook provides a disaster management (DM) profile of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) as a resource for civilian and military personnel.

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)
Avalanche in the Himalayas
Update

Turkey, particularly its northern, northeastern, and eastern regions, possesses mountainous areas with topographic and meteorological conditions suitable for avalanche formation

Ministry of Interior, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority
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Educational materials

This booklet follows the COPE Squad as they travel from their base on Mount Emei, China, to Trinidad and Tobago to judge a lightning-safety video competition, and then to Uganda for Lightning Safety Day.

COPE Disaster Champions
Green finance focuses on climate-conscious investments, driving sustainable economic development while balancing business growth with environmental responsibility.
Dr Neekhil Bhowoniah
Climate finance integrity ensures that funding reaches frontline disaster preparedness efforts. Using Mauritius as a case study, this post highlights how centralised financial bottlenecks stall local infrastructure delivery, leaving communities exposed.
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Documents and publications

This policy brief provides a first entry point for governments who have endorsed or are implementing aspects of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) to identify potential financial resources they can access, and how to secure them.

Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES)
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Documents and publications

The study is about developing a domain-adaptive approach to improve multilingual crisis communication in situations where high-quality parallel data are limited.

ACL Anthology
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Documents and publications

To address the absence of a comprehensive instrument designed to evaluate institutional preparedness, a tool was developed to provide a structured framework for evaluating hospital readiness for heatwaves.

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
Karadeniz Technical University
Belmont University
Hiroshima University
Asian man in blue t shirt is pouring water from his water bottle on himself.
Update

Cities across the world are still preparing for the heat that we're experiencing today.

Grist Magazine
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