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Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience: A Special Joint G20 Publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank

Responding to a G20 request, the Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience: A Special Joint G20 Publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by fifteen G20 members and invited countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, […]

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Building Urban Resilience workshop: Panama City, Panama

With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brought together more than 50 participants from 16 national societies, as well as representatives from several of the Federation’s (IFRC) sub-regional offices and from the Red Cross regional and global reference centers, to share

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Breaking the waves: Impact analysis of coastal afforestation for disaster risk reduction in Viet Nam

“Breaking the waves” presents a study of the impact, efficiency and sustainability of the “Community-based Mangrove Reforestation and Disaster Preparedness Programme” that has been implemented by Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) since 1994. This report and its sister publication (“Planting protection”) are both results of a programme evaluation conducted in January 2011. This report presents

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2012 DRR Mapping

Since 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has been conducting an annual mapping to highlight its disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, support better programme targeting and ultimately promote more strategic investments in DRR.. This mapping focuses on activities categorized specifically as community-based DRR (including CBDP); climate change adaptation and

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RCRC Consultation on post-2015 Framework for DRR

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is facilitating the development of a post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) through a consultation process involving many stakeholders. To contribute its substantial experience and valuable input to this consultation process, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) commissioned a Red

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2011 DRR Mapping

In 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies instituted an annual mapping process to highlight its disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, support better programme targeting and ultimately promote more strategic investments in DRR. This mapping focuses on activities categorized specifically as community-based DRR (including CBDP); climate change adaptation and mitigation; food

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2010 DRR Mapping

In 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) undertook a mapping process in order to highlight its activities and support better programme targeting. Echoing the IFRC’s Strategy 2020 to strengthen community safety and resilience, this annual mapping process aims to regularly monitor progress and institute evidence-based programming on activities categorized

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A framework for community safety and resilience – In the face of disaster risk

The framework for community safety and resilience is concerned with what contributions the Red Cross Red Crescent can make in building community safety and resilience through a focus on disaster risk and its reduction. The principal goal of this framework is to establish a foundation on which all Red Cross Red Crescent programmes, projects and

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