Advocacy and media

This theme covers advocacy and awareness raising of disaster risk reduction (DRR) including through traditional and new media, as well as guidance for journalists reporting on disasters, guidance on communicating about climate change and extreme weather attribution. Raising awareness is a key disaster risk management activity.

Visit the Risk Media Hub: a toolkit for news media professionals reporting on disasters and resilience. he toolkit provides an array of resources to help journalists tell the other side of the disaster story and raise critical questions to help societies become more resilient.

Explore the Disaster Risk Communication Hub: the risk communication hub aims to support practitioners - from any sector - who are planning public risk communication strategies with the general public.

Latest Advocacy and media additions in the Knowledge Base

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The Rapid Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Survey for Media Institutions provides a structured framework for assessing the impact of a disaster on a given media outlet.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
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VR headset provides immersive learning experience about the dangers, wonders of thunderstorms.

University of Maryland
Busy streets of Kingston Jamaica at downtown coronation market
Nicole West-Hayles
When extreme weather events strike, why do some people disregard official warnings and take apparently unnecessary risks?
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Documents and publications

This study in Brazil shows how informal practices like word-of-mouth, memory sharing, and grassroots organizing help communities manage flood risks.

Interface – Comunicacao, Saude, Educacao
Extreme beach erosion from cyclone alfred at famous Gold coast tourist destination
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Cyclone Alfred threatened Australia’s east coast, sparking misinformation and conspiracy theories on social media.

Conversation Media Group, the
FBC leaders and SRSG Kamal Kishore at the FBC Resilience Action Plan handover
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Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) officially handed over its Resilience Action Plan to Kamal Kishore, SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction, marking a milestone as the first South Pacific broadcaster to develop a disaster preparedness and response plan.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
A woman in Assam, India paddles through flooded water using a makeshift raft (2020)
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Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. However, they are rarely quoted as sources in news about climate change and environmental degradation, and those that do speak up are often threatened.

Conversation Media Group, the
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This study explores the challenges that people living with non-communicable diseases (PLWNCDs) face in accessing early warning messages (EWMs) during disasters in Nepal, focusing on flood-prone districts of Kanchanpur and Kailali.

Global Disaster Preparedness Center
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