The 2014 World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done when people blame a flood on an angry goddess (River Kosi, India, in 2008) […]
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The third edition of the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR): “From shared risk to shared value: The business case for disaster risk reduction” is a resource for understanding and analyzing global disaster risk today and in the future. The 2013 edition looks at how public regulation and private investments shapes disaster
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech… Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRR Follow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 1 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC) is coordinated by the Asian Development Bank, Ministry of Education, the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Population. Flagship 1 will strengthen over 900 school buildings and the major
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech…Visit Flagship 2 at: http://flagship2.nrrc.org.np/Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRRFollow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 2 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium is coordinated by the Red Cross and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Flagship 2 will prepare and train medical first responders, develop disaster response and information management planning, warehouse and stockpile good,
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech… Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRR Follow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 3 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC) is coordinated by the World Bank and the Ministry of Irrigation. Flagship 3 will reduce flood risk through detailed assessments, flood forecasting and mitigation activities.
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech…Visit Flagship 4 at: http://flagship4.nrrc.org.np/Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRRFollow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 4 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium is coordinated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Flagship 4’s target is the completion of Community Based
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech…Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRRFollow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 5 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium is coordinated by UNDP and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Flagship 5 will integrate disaster risk management plans, policies and programmes at the national, district and local levels and strengthen the enforcement and compliance of
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