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International financing for disaster risk management the 20-year story (1991-2010)
Posted on: 30 May 2013
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This infographic presents the very latest figures on finance for disaster risk reduction. It provides a preview of a report, due to be released in the summer of 2013, which will present a thorough review of natural disaster related financing using the Disaster Aid Tracking database.
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013
Posted on: 17 May 2013
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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has launched the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN flagship publication on global disaster risk and disaster risk management. The third edition of this biennial publication, titled, From shared risk to shared value: the business case for disaster risk reduction, highlights how the transformation of the global economy over the last forty years has led to rapid increases in disaster risk in low, medium and high income countries, affecting businesses and societies. A number of background papers are also available.
In post-tsunami Japan, a push to rebuild coast in concrete
Posted on: 17 May 2013
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This article argues that in the wake of the 2011 tsunami, the Japanese government is forgoing an opportunity to sustainably protect its coastline and is instead building towering concrete seawalls and other defences that environmentalists say will inflict serious damage on coastal ecosystems.
Climate resilience and disaster risk management: Stories of change from CDKN
Posted on: 16 May 2013
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This newsletter highlights the work of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network regarding climate resilience and disaster resilience management.
Green Paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters
Posted on: 26 April 2013
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This Green Paper poses a number of questions concerning the adequacy and availability of appropriate disaster insurance and accompanies the Communication entitled “An EU strategy on adaptation to climate change”. The objective is to raise awareness and to assess whether or not action at EU level could be appropriate or warranted to improve the market for disaster insurance in the European Union. More generally, this process will also expand the knowledge base, help to promote insurance as a tool of disaster management and thus contribute to a shift towards a general culture of disaster risk prevention and mitigation, and bring in further data and information.
Disaster risk management in post-2015 development goals: potential targets and indicators
Posted on: 25 April 2013
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This report examines options for including disaster risk management (DRM) in the post-2015 development framework. Its eight chapters, each authored by leading international experts, combine to explore three scenarios for including DRM.
Building urban resilience: Principles, tools and practice
Posted on: 25 April 2013
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This handbook is a resource for enhancing disaster resilience in urban areas. It summarises the guiding principles, tools, and practices in key economic sectors that can facilitate incorporation of resilience concepts into the decisions about infrastructure investments and general urban management that are integral to reducing disaster and climate risks.
Learning from the city: British Red Cross Urban Learning Project Scoping Study
Posted on: 23 April 2013
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This study looks at the evolving nature of risk and vulnerability in urban settings and assesses the operational implications of these trends and challenges for the British Red Cross, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the wider humanitarian sector. It highlights five ways forward for the British Red Cross and others. While drawing lessons from humanitarian programmes across the globe, the study focuses principally on evidence from five British Red Cross operational contexts: Haiti (Port-au-Prince), Uganda (Kampala and other cities), Djibouti (Djibouti-ville), Mongolia (Ulaanbataar) and Nepal (Kathmandu).
Synthesis report on consultations on the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction
Posted on: 23 April 2013
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This synthesis report provides countries and all stakeholders with an overview of the issues emerging to date on the consultations and development of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (HFA2). The key purpose of this report is to provide the basis for continued consultations, and to inform a draft HFA2 following the Fourth Session of the Global Platform in May 2013.
First Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Aqaba, Jordan, 19-21 March 2013
Posted on: 26 March 2013
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The conference provided an opportunity to discuss: the existing policies and institutional mechanisms for disaster risk management; the regional progress towards risk reduction and Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation; the regional position and input towards HFA 2 or post-2015 DRR Global Framework; the nature of urban risks in the Arab region; and good practices on urban risk management. Presentations are available online.
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