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This theme addresses the capacity of the private sector to understand and anticipate, mitigate and manage situations arising from natural and man-made hazards, as well as contribute to building the capacity and resilience of communities to disasters. 

Latest Private sector additions in the Knowledge Base

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Disaster management in Japan needs a more gender-inclusive approach. Here's why

Japan is beginning to address gender disparities in disaster management through policies and by increasing female representation in disaster response roles, nationally and locally.
World Economic Forum
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Leveraging formal frameworks for private sector engagement in disaster management: An example from Côte d’Ivoire

Over the past year, the General Confederation of Companies of Côte d'Ivoire and its Private Sector Humanitarian Platform have been working with government on understanding risk and establishing protocols to develop better disaster preparedness.
Connecting Business initiative
Vendor selling spices market
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Hazard and disaster analysis for business resilience (HANDA) system

In any disaster, there is widespread confusion, breakdown of communication, and disorder. Such contexts make it challenging for any one entity to respond to the extensive needs of communities and businesses.
Connecting Business initiative
small business worker
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Free online tool kit can help small businesses prepare for climate change

Corner stores, day cares, auto mechanics … small businesses provide vital services to communities. But many are vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather as the climate warms.
Yale Climate Connections
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How can policy makers help strengthen corporate climate disclosure to scale up private climate finance?

To scale up private climate finance, investors must be able to identify corporations that are serious about climate action and have better information on where to direct their investments to have the biggest impact on climate goals.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Group of businessmen climbing a mountain.
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How business is bringing innovation and technology to disaster management

This article puts the spotlight on innovation and technology to showcase how some of our partners - and the private sector more broadly - are leveraging #techforgood in the context of disaster management, to #actforhumanity.
Connecting Business initiative
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Managing to cope with disasters in firms

Human-induced climate change is making disasters more frequent and more intense. This column explores how management practices shape the impact of environmental shocks on firms.
VOX EU
Old Indian potter at work
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Climate change hits India’s artisans with a double whammy: Extreme heat makes pollution even more dangerous

Air pollution on top of extreme summer heat is causing lung problems globally; the situation is dire in India for makers of traditional musical instruments, who work with wood fires.
Yale Climate Connections
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