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Estrategia 2020 de la Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja y Media Luna Roja

29 Mar 2017
LA presente Estrategia expresa la determinación colec- tiva de la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja de avanzar en la so- lución de los grandes retos que la humanidad enfrentará en la próxima década.Â...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Disaster risk reduction achievements 2016: good practices, tools and initiatives

23 Mar 2017
This publication features 50 good practices, tools and initiatives that were supported under the 2015-2016 DIPECHO Action Plan. These contribute to the implementation of the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2014-2024 and the Sendai...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Report

Global Risk Report 2017

20 Mar 2017
Global Risk Report 2017 is published by the World Economic Forum. For over a decade, The Global Risks Report has focused attention on the evolution of global risks and the deep interconnections between them. The Report has also highlighted the p...
Report, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Research

UNISDR Annual Report 2016

20 Mar 2017
The year 2016 was transformative for UNISDR – internally, UNISDR aligned its work in support of the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 with the organisational vision of its new senior management team. T...
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Guidance material

Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive

09 Mar 2017
Disasters don’t discriminate, but people do. Existing socio-economic conditions mean that disasters can lead to different outcomes even for demographically similar communities – but inevitably the most vulnerable groups suffer more than ot...
Guidance material, Risk Assessment, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Report

Urban Perspectives: Climate Change, Migration, Planning and Financing

06 Mar 2017
2017 New Generation of Ideas Report from Wilson Center. Recognizing the need to strengthen the ties between urban policymaking and new scholarly work on urban development, the Wilson Center’s Urban Sustainability Laboratory, USAID, the World Bank, ...
Report, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Climate Futures – The Rise of Geoengineering and its potential impacts for the Humanitarian Sector

21 Feb 2017
Recording of a webinar on geoengineering hosted by the IFRC. The webinar featured Pablo Suarez from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Dr. David Keith, Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University’s School of Engineering. Sourc...
Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation
Report

CAP Workshop 2017 Speakers

14 Feb 2017
For the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September in Rome, a list of speakers and their presentation topics, with short biographical sketches and portraits, is posted here.
Report, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material, Training material

Social Media E-Learning Course: Sharing the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Social Media

09 Feb 2017
Social Media E-Learning Course: Sharing the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Social Media The use of social media is becoming an integral part of communication and community engagement for humanitarian work. Recognizing the potential of soci...
Guidance material, Training material
Awareness material

Wetlands: a natural safeguard against disasters

03 Feb 2017
Using wetlands to minimize the damage from disasters Defined as land areas that are flooded with water, either seasonally or permanently, wetlands are a natural buffer against disasters. Along the coastline, wetlands act as a natural protective ...
Awareness material, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience

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