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Disaster Risk Management

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DRR Summer School: Learn with DRR pioneers

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Documents and publications
2023

Combatting forest fires in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Quasi-experimental evidence from Burkina Faso

This paper uses remote sensing data on forest fires and remaining tree cover to estimate the effectiveness of a project targeted at reducing fire incidences in twelve protected forests in arid Burkina Faso.
World Bank, the
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Documents and publications
2023

Fiji disaster management reference handbook

This handbook focuses on Fiji's disaster management framework and disaster risk reduction strategies. It provides an overview of the country's government, geography, demographics, socio-cultural practices, and history of disasters.
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance
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Documents and publications
2023

Emotions matter: EMPOWER-ing youth by integrating emotions of (chronic) disaster risk into strategies for disaster preparedness

The article draws on lessons learned from participatory and community-based research with 30 young people in the urban periphery of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as educational approaches on dealing with climate anxiety and ecological distress.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Research briefs

New research informs dredging efforts at Columbia River mouth, addressing erosion

A new study examines sediment transport adjacent to the Columbia River Mouth incorporates both physical observations and modeling techniques to track how strategically placed dredged material can resupply sand to nearby beaches, thereby addressing erosion
United States Geological Survey
Updates

3 years of COVID, 3 myths to debunk

This month marks three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Three years on, the world is still struggling to respond to this ongoing threat and other connected crises.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
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Why it's so hard to be prepared for disasters

Jeffrey Schlegelmilch is the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School. There, he works to understand and improve the nation’s capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
Columbia Climate School
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Meetings and conferences

Want to talk about drought? - e-learning series

Updates

Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action

Officials had known for decades that the Pajaro River levee that failed this weekend was vulnerable but never prioritized repairs in part because they believed it did not make financial sense.
Los Angeles Times
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Training

DRR Summer School 2023 in Oxford: Learn with DRR pioneers

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