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NRRC Flagship 4: Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction

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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Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Manual of Myanmar Red Cross Society

The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) has developed a CBDRR Manual to guide Red Cross Volunteers and program staff in implementing common and an integrated approach to the community-based risk reduction program. Together with the CBDRR Awareness Tool Box, the CBDRR Manual provides guidance and support to the implementation of community-based programs in Myanmar by explaining each of

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Meeting the challenge of climate impacts: IFRC case studies in climate-related risk reduction

The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report presents the current state of knowledge on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Compared to the Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, “AR5” has a much stronger focus on risks. It presents a cold, realistic assessment of how risks are already changing and are bound to

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Assessment of early warning efforts in Leyte for typhoon Haiyan/ Yolanda

This paper analyses the typhoon Haiyan/ Yolanda hazard event in order to understand if a better early warning system would help to save more lives. The study compares the actual event and different general hazard information, forecasts in order to determine the accuracy of the predictions. It argues that the timeliness, content and coverage of

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