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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.

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Awareness material

Early Warning Systems for Landslides

19 Jan 2023

This ‘Warnings Briefing Note’ focuses on ‘Early Warning Systems for Landslides: The necessity of a systematic and bottom-up approach.’

Awareness material, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Landslide

Research

Anticipatory action to manage climate risks: Lessons from the Red Cross Red Crescent in Southern Africa, Bangladesh, and beyond

11 Jan 2023

Anticipatory action (AA) is a growing area of climate and disaster risk management that emphasizes the use of climate services and risk analyses to predict where crises might strike and enable action to prevent or mitigate impacts before disasters oc...

Research, Climate Change Adaptation

Research

Examining relationships between extreme heat and migration/ displacement and human mobility in Zacapa, Guatemala

09 Jan 2023

This research is carried out by Dr. Edgar Miguel López Álvarez, MD1, Prof. Gabriel Andre Azurdia Mijangos2, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, PhD3, Anna Erwin, PhD4, Rubén A. Mazariegos, PhD5 with funding support from the Global Disaster Preparedness Center....

Research, Heat Wave

Research

Heatwaves-Driven Human Morbidity and Mortality over Selected Counties in Kenya

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...

Research, Heat Wave

Guidance material, Training material

Environmental Emergencies Training Sessions – Session 05

05 Jan 2023

In this resource, several training documents from nine sessions on Environmental Emergencies Training are made available. Session no. 05: Introduction to FEAT.