The Resource Library contains a searchable inventory of documents related to hazards and disaster preparedness in communities around the globe. It serves as a repository of program documentation, policies, annual reports, lessons learned, guidance, and tools and methodologies that can help you design and learn about preparedness operations in any region. Use the search box and filters below to better find what you’re looking for.
National Societies have been implementing a wide range of school-based, youth-led actions geared toward disaster risk reduction, first aid, hygiene and health promotion, water and sanitation, road safety, and youth empowerment. With guidance from I...
Case Study, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Youth Disaster Preparedness
This report from ALNAP outlines humanitarian needs over the period of 2015-2017. It includes an overview of available resources to address those needs, details the current size and structure of the humanitarian system, and provides an assessment of...
Assessment or evaluation, Report, Research, Infrastructure and Services, Livelihoods and Food Security
Ensuring Global and Regional Commitments Translate into Local Level Action and Impact Case Studies: Red Cross Red Crescent Disaster Risk Reduction in Action – What Works at Local Level June 2018 DRR in action Case Studies https://media.ifrc.or...
Between 2014 and 2016, Red Cross National Societies worked with communities, governments, and regional organizations to develop and implement an “early warning early action” approach in eight island nations in the Pacific. The Finnish-P...
Climate & Development Knowledge Network’s (CDKN) guide to communicating climate change offers tips for practitioners to effectively communicate climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on convinci...
Case Study, Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation, Public Awareness and Public Education
New technologies continue to present great risks and opportunities for humanitarian action. To ensure that their use does not result in any harm, humanitarian organisations must develop and implement appropriate data protection standards, including r...
Released annually by the World Economic Forum, the Global Risks Report seeks to identify and analyze the most pressing risks we face. The 2018 Report highlights four major categories of risks: (1) persistent inequality and unfairness, (2) domestic ...
A new IFRC report titled “Alone and Unsafe: Children, migration, and sexual and gender-based violence” details the elevated risk of sexual violence for unaccompanied and separated migrant children at every stage of their migratory path. ...
Report, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Public Awareness and Public Education, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Documentation related to the 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop presented in Hong Kong, China on October 31 – November 1, 2018. Document of the CAP Implementation Workshop Flyer: 2018 CAP Implementation Worksho...
Innovation has been at the heart of economic development. Ever sinceJoseph Schumpeter published his landmark book “The Theory of Economic Development”, innovation has gradually evolved to become an essential subject looked upon by decision- and p...
Case Study, Urban Resilience
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