Inclusion

The purpose of the guide is to support civil society organisations to engage with communities and other local actors and structures; to aid in planning and establishing local mechanisms for anticipatory action and drive the scaling up process.

Weather extremes driven by climate change hit low-income communities harder. This makes “climate readiness” a pressing issue for governments, city planners and emergency services in fast-growing areas such as Western Sydney.

This issue brief presents the key findings of a study UNDRR conducted on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR) policies and practices in Africa.

The elderly and disabled people are often forgotten during extreme weather events, a research project study has found.

Our in-depth analysis explores the challenges and opportunities that arise when collecting disability-disaggregated data in disaster-prone contexts and how such data can be used to improve disaster risk reduction programmes.

Efforts to improve disability inclusion into government strategies, DRR plans, and humanitarian response initiatives is hindered by the absence of disaggregated data, impeding the understanding of disability prevalence before, during and after crises.

Better data and assessment metrics—and improved researcher involvement in communities—are needed to understand and redress inequitable vulnerabilities to and recoveries from flooding.

The first mile of warnings means putting people first. It means asking each other about what we need and what we offer. Warnings are meant to be for and about people, as a long-term social process to act for, by, and with all of us.