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A Systematic Review of the Health Impacts of Mass Earth Movements (Landslides)

01 Jul 2015
Mass ground movements (commonly referred to as ‘landslides’) are common natural hazards that can have significant economic, social and health impacts. They occur as single events, or as clusters, and are often part of ‘disaster’ chains, occur...
Research, Landslide, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Other type of resource, Report, Video

INFORM – the Index for Risk Management

30 Jun 2015
INFORM is a global, open-source risk assessment for humanitarian crises and disasters. It can support decisions about prevention, preparedness and response. The short animation is an introduction to INFORM – the Index for Risk Management. INFOR...
Other type of resource, Report, Video, Risk Assessment
Awareness material

Minimum Standards for local climate-smart disaster risk reduction

29 Jun 2015
These standards were developed as a practical checklist to help local community leaders and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners ensure their risk reduction efforts are climate-smart and contribute to climate change adaptation, meaning that th...
Awareness material, Climate Change Adaptation
Research

Linking seasonal forecasts with disaster preparedness in the Pacific: from information to action

29 Jun 2015
This new ‘Seasonal Rainfall Watch’ publication encourages Red Cross disaster managers to use seasonal forecasts for preparedness in the Pacific, helps them prepare for and respond to disasters and manage droughts and prolonged wet spells....
Research, Drought, Flood
Video

The Story of Ebola

29 Jun 2015
This animation—produced by Global Health Media Project in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UNICEF, and Yoni Goodman—brings to life key messages that help people see and understand how Ebola ...
Video, Communicable Disease, Public Awareness and Public Education
Assessment or evaluation

Climate change and food systems: global assessments and implications for food security and trade

29 Jun 2015
This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warmin...
Assessment or evaluation, Climate Change Adaptation, Livelihoods and Food Security
Case Study, Report

Child-centred climate resilience: case studies from the Philippines and Vietnam

29 Jun 2015
This report outlines the practical lessons learned by Plan International and Save the Children about child-centred community-based adaptation (CC-CBA) to climate change. It provides a snapshot of the organizations’ work across the Philippines a...
Case Study, Report, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

Disaster Resilience Education & Research: Roadmap for Europe 2030

29 Jun 2015
In recent years, the European higher education community has played an increasingly important role in moving disaster science from a responsive, primarily technical discipline, to a broad, multi-disciplinary movement that seeks to build societal resi...
Guidance material, Public Awareness and Public Education, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Video

Spice it up – Sing for Preparedness: It Could be You

25 Jun 2015
It Could be You, a Disaster Song by SNAKEY. This song is performed by Rio “Snakey” St Paul for “Spice it up – Sing for Preparedness”, a disaster preparedness/climate change adaptation national song competition in Grenad...
Video
Video

DRR song

24 Jun 2015
This song is about what to do when the room fills up with smoke. we wanted to create a song that included an accurate and succinct message, delivered in an unforgettable melody produced to professional production standards. We are hoping to do the sa...
Video, Disaster Preparedness Games, House Fire

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