09 Jan 2023
This research is carried out by Bethwel Mutai 1 with funding support from the Global Disaster Preparedness Center. Although heat-related disasters have risen worldwide, lack of reliable and consistent climate datasets and standard detection metrics i...
Tags: Research, Heat Wave
04 Sep 2020
Facing the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, the Flood Resilience Program of the Mexican Red Cross that is implemented as part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (ZFRA) had to stop all community and face-to-face activities. Instead, the flood res...
Tags: Case Study, Business Preparedness, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Flood, Mobile Technology, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Social Media in Disasters, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
21 Jul 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic is exacting a huge toll on individuals, families, communities, and societies across the world. Daily lives have been profoundly changed, economies have fallen into recession, and many of the traditio...
Tags: Guidance material, Report, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)