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The brochure has been prepared by the Inter-Agency Coordination Group for Industrial and Chemical Accidents. The Inter-Agency Coordination Group is an informal forum that brings together international organizations and institutions working on the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial and chemical accidents. The Inter-Agenc…
This document gives insight into conference proceedings at The Africa-Arab Platform on disaster risk reduction which took place from 9-13 October in Tunis, Tunisia under the theme “towards disaster risk informed and inclusive sustainable development.” The meeting consisted of the 7th session of the Africa Regional Platform and the 6th high-level me…
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This document is the eighth in a series of hazard-specific risk assessment modules, compiled as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction to the assessment of disaster risk due to sea-level rise.  In undertaking hazard assessment, one needs to…
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This document is the eighth in a series of special topics for consideration, as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment published by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction for the use of crowdsourcing as an approach to gathering information for risk assessment, which has benefits not only for…
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This simulation game from the UNISDR involves five scenarios requiring players to save lives by building upon an established community and providing defences and upgraded housing to prepare for an inevitable disaster. Each scenario can be played on easy, medium or hard difficulty levels, and takes between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the disaster and…
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction highlights children as among the most vulnerable groups who must be empowered to get ready for natural hazards and play a vital role in preventing and reducing risk. Launched on the occasion of the 2018 World Tsunami Awareness Day, the child-friendly booklet is for kids who are 6-12 years old to generate…
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This guidance note is intended to provide action-oriented guidance to government officials facing post-disaster recovery challenges related to the transport sector. The guidance note frames the scope of recovery work, including the administrative elements for setting up a planned and organized recovery of the transport sector, the implementation activit…
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This document is the ninth and last in a series of hazard-specific risk assessment modules, compiled as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction to the assessment of the risk of natural hazard-triggered technological accidents.  The impacts of natural…
This Strategic Approach to Capacity Development for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction seeks to establish among all stakeholders a common understanding of capacity development within the disaster risk reduction (DRR) context. By characterizing outstanding capacity development needs in light of common obstacles and constra…
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This document is the second in a series of hazard-specific risk assessment modules, compiled as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction on the assessment of tsunami hazard through probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis (PTHA), with alternate models use…
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This document is the first in a series of hazard-specific risk assessment modules, compiled as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction on the assessment of earthquake hazard, whether deterministically or probabilistically. This document briefly explains the two…
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This document is the twelfth in a series of special topics for consideration, as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment published by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction to risk assessment across international borders, including cross-boundary disaster risk reduction considerations (bilate…
This document is the tenth in a series of special topics for consideration, as part of the Words into Action Guidelines on National Disaster Risk Assessment published by UNISDR. This section provides a general introduction to sovereign risk financing and risk transfer schemes as a part of a comprehensive risk management strategy to reduce and preve…

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