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A family outside of their tent in the Taratara Camp, in Cabo Delgado province
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Disasters displace more people than conflict and violence

As climate change intensifies, extreme weather events, such as floods, storms, bushfires and heatwaves are forcing millions from their homes each year. In 2018, disasters displaced 17.2 million people from their homes, 90 per cent fled weather and climate

CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP: Business Resilience of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

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2019 World Tsunami Awareness Day

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Visual representation of cascading risk (c)UNDRR/James Brown, GAR2019
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New tool helps withstand hybrid and cascading risk scenarios

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) and the Ministry of the Interior for Finland have joined together to develop a new stress test tool that will help countries understand and improve their ability to reduce risk of hybrid threats and cascading disaster scenarios.
Documents and publications

Psychological preparedness for natural hazards – improving disaster preparedness policy and practice

Natural hazards negatively impact on public health world-wide. Consequently, continuous research on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction is vital to reduce the detrimental effect on well-being. Disaster preparedness strategies have thus far

Documents and publications

“Trueno” preparedness campaign for pet owners in Costa Rica 2012-2014

This paper describes a campaign developed by World Animal Protection designed to increase the level of preparedness of pet owners in Costa Rica. The campaign was implemented in 2012-2014 following a quantitative research study that determined the gaps in

Documents and publications

The interplay between socio-economic crises and disaster risks: Examples from the developed and developing world

Regardless of the origin, financial and socio-economic crises feature combinations of adverse conditions: lack of access to financing/credit, slump in investments, household demand and consumption, a falling GDP, high deficits and debt ratios, loss of

Denis Onyodi: IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre
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Opinion: Disaster displacement is a 21st century challenge

Collecting more and better data can go a long way towards improving our understanding of the magnitude of disaster displacement, and how we manage the risks and impacts. This understanding is a crucial part of efforts to reduce the amount of people affected by disasters.
Documents and publications

Building disaster resilience to natural hazards in Sub-Saharan African countries and communities 2014-2017 report

This document reports on the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) cooperation Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”, financed under the 10th European

World Tsunami Awareness Day 2018

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Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Republic of Maldives to the United Nations, New York
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