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Displaying 15 of about 174 resultsYou can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality.Disaster risk is shaped by a range of social and economic factors that determine entitlements and capabilities. Access to services, political voice, and social and economic status directly affect disaster risk and resilience.In turn, inequality can create more disaster ri…
Consumption and production patterns must be re-orientated to prevent over-extraction of resources and environmental degradation, which are drivers of disaster risk.Floods, cyclones can affect communities' health by spreading toxic waste and wildfires can burn plastic pipes contaminating water.Risk-informed management of existing waste levels can help pr…
Extreme rainfall occurred in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and neighbouring countries during the period 12 to 15 July 2021, leading to severe flooding particularly in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany and along the river Meuse and some of its tributaries in Belgium and the Netherlands. The most affected areas are around the river…
During heat waves, the highest temperatures are often found in urbanized areas. By 2070, 3.5 billion people will be heavily affected by heat, 1.6 billion of whom will live in urban areas (Chi Xu et al. 2020). Rising temperatures can negatively impact vulnerable people, workers, infrastructure and even GDP.
As the world warms, there is an urge…
This collection includes a set of research and analysis reports intended to provide a brief and readable context analysis, providing the essential information for individuals and organisations to be able to advocate effectively for school safety at national level (or in federated countries, at sub-national level), and ensure that any expenditure of time…
Explore research products and tools documenting hazard impacts on educational continuity, attainment and investments, as well as individual, household and socio-economic consequences.
MIKTA is a diverse and cross-regional grouping of powers that brings together Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Australia. Given the growing challenges our planet is faced with, including disasters from droughts, desertification, loss of biodiversity, food shortages, water scarcity, wildfires, and sea-level rise, MIKTA has…
The central question for this Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022) is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. Developed through an extensive set of partnerships, the GAR is both an ongoing process of generating evidence, knowledge and policy engagement, as well as…
The Guinsaugon rockslide-debris avalanche is the second major landslide of this kind to be described in the twenty-first century and the volume of its deposit falls within the range generated by debris avalanches from the twentieth century.A massive landslide devastated the community of Barangay Guinsaugon, Municipality of St. Bernard, Southern Leyte P…
The Nevado del Ruiz Volcanic Eruption, also known as the Armero Tragedy (Spanish: Tragedia de Armero), is considered as Colombia’s worst natural hazard-induced disaster which produced the deadliest lahar ever recorded. After 69 years of dormancy, the stratovolcano in Tolima, Colombia erupted in 13 November 1985 melting the mountain’s glaciers and sendin…
While COVID-19 has continued to steal attention around the world in 2021, many countries have faced simultaneous natural hazards such as drought, volcanoes, floods, wildfires and earthquakes. We look back at the disasters that struck Afghanistan, China, Haiti, Algeria and the Canary Islands.
These resources explore the economic, social and environmental dividends of investing in disaster risk reduction. Read more about the business case for DRR.
If womens livelihoods are risk and climate-informed, they can withstand, cope and recover from disasters, and women can sustainably maintain or enhance their access and control of resources, capacity, knowledge and assets both now and in the future.
An integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting and prediction, disaster risk assessment, communication and preparedness activities, systems and processes that enables timely action by women and girls to reduce risks in advance of hazards.
This webinar series seeks to share perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19 on climate change and resilience, the challenge of scenarios of multiple hazards, and discuss the multi-sectorial approach and governance framework arrangements.