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Facing and enduring a natural disaster such as a hurricane, flood, or tornado can be a frightening and challenging experience. It’s also a fact of life for most people who live in the Southeast United States. During times of disaster, it’s important to know where to go for accurate, up-to-date, and helpful information. The following […]
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Immersed is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood risk visualization immersive virtual reality tool targeted at US local officials. It helps to educate community leaders about the value of flood preparedness by fully immersing users at the center of a flood crisis, allow- ing them to assess damage in a community and see the
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As part of the project “LARRA Actividades de Reducción de Riesgo de Latinoamérica,” the American Red Cross in coordination with the National Societies from Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras held the Lessons Learned Workshop 2018 – 2019 on mid-June. The attendees from the Latin America and the Caribbean delegation, representatives from National Societies, community leaders, and delegates from the IFRC
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This short resource brings together the blended learning stories and experiences of seven National Societies in the RC/RC network practicing blended first aid training. Each case study highlights an element of the innovation that is happening in first aid training in RC/RC National Socieites. It is clear that there is a good deal of innovative
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Bad Statistic A bad statistic refers to the misuse of either useful or un-useful numerical data. The information provided to the reader misleads the reader in case he has no much information about the statistics. The reliability of statistics is crucial in ensuring the precision of a particular analysis. There are various techniques to ensure
In the six years since the creation of 100 Resilient Cities, more than 70 cities have published Resilience Strategies containing over 3,000 initiatives. To date, more than US$25 billion has been catalyzed by 100RC member cities toward the resilience agenda, and the world’s leading development financial institutions are building resilience criteria into how large-scale infrastructure projects
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The United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The GAR is published biennially by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private disaster risk-related science
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The World Metereological Organization (WMO) marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate, which was first issued in 1194. The 2019 edition treating data for 2018 marks sustained international efforts dedicated to reporting on, analysing and understanding the year-to-year variations and long-term trends of a changing climate. Some
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This report from the USAID-funded Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments (ATLAS) project examines efforts to better understand and manage the risks of extreme heat on human wellbeing, including the public health burden heat poses and the direct and indirect impacts of heatwaves. The assessment was made in support of the Climate Service for Resilient Development
Image credits: IBM Call for Code, 2018. An OWL has brought together a cluster of ducklings and their mother to quickly form ad hoc communications networks to better help coordinate relief efforts in the aftermath of natural disasters like hurricanes, floods or earthquakes. Project OWL – Organization, Whereabouts, and Logistics – is the brain child
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