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Minimum Standards for local climate-smart disaster risk reduction

These standards were developed as a practical checklist to help local community leaders and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners ensure their risk reduction efforts are climate-smart and contribute to climate change adaptation, meaning that these efforts consider the future risk patterns induced by a changing climate, often including rising uncertainties. They are not idealized solutions […]

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DRR song

This song is about what to do when the room fills up with smoke. we wanted to create a song that included an accurate and succinct message, delivered in an unforgettable melody produced to professional production standards. We are hoping to do the same with a video at some stage soon. Many thanks to James

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Unlocking the “triple dividend” of resilience – Why investing in disaster risk management pays off

The risk of a disaster can cause economic losses even before a disaster strikes. Investing in disaster resilience, therefore, can yield a ‘triple dividend’ by (1) avoiding losses when disasters strike; (2) unlocking development potential by stimulating innovation and bolstering economic activity in a context of reduced disaster-related background risk for investment; and (3) through

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UNISDR Annual Report 2014

This 2014 annual report is a mid-term report on the UNISDR 2014-2015 Biennium Work Programme. 2014 was a year in which much time was spent defining the future of disaster risk management. There were major gatherings around the world to weigh up the experience of the last ten years of implementing the Hyogo Framework for

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Disaster Risk Reduction, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene- Comprehensive Guidance

The guideline focuses in the links between WASH and DRR in emergency response and early recovery.    In this guideline the following WASH components are covered:  Water supply Excreta disposal Hygene practice Vector control Solid waste management Drainage of wastewater and stormwater Global WASH Cluster, UNICEF New York, 2011 Disaster Risk Reduction, Water, Sanitation and

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Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management

Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management Between 2013 and 2015, the IFRC contracted Oxford Policy Management and the University of East Anglia to conduct “Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management”. The research was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Canadian

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