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Displaying 5 of about 5 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…
On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes struck southern and central Türkiye, and northern and western Syria. The first had a magnitude of Mw 7.8 and the second of Mw 7.7.
In Türkiye, there were at least 31,974 deaths (as of 14 February 2023) and 80,278 injured across the ten most affected provinces. At least 13.5 million people and 4 mi…
These country profiles were developed as part of the EU-ACP Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”.CIMA Research Foundation was engaged by UNDRR to elaborate 16 Country Risk Profiles for floods and droughts in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Equatorial Gu…
The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).The COP 27 Egyptian Presidency and the Incoming COP 28 Presidency are convening informal consultations to engage governments at the ministerial, Head-of-Delegation, and technical levels to lay the groundwork “t…