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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.

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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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Lithuania

Lithuanians show high disaster awareness and preparedness, feeling most vulnerable to extreme weather, cybersecurity, and health threats. Relying on informal channels for information, standardized communication could further strengthen their resilience.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Italy

Italians feel most vulnerable to extreme weather but show low disaster awareness and preparedness. With moderate trust in authorities, citizens would benefit from increased public efforts to enhance disaster preparedness resources.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Ireland

Irish citizens feel most vulnerable to floods, with average disaster risk awareness but low preparedness. Trust in public authorities is high, yet information is primarily sourced through informal channels like media and personal networks.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Coatia

While Croatians are more aware of disaster risks, especially extreme weather, their preparedness remains low. Many struggle to access but desire to learn more about risk information, and have lower trust in public authorities compared to other EU nations.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: France

French citizens feel most vulnerable to extreme weather, cybersecurity and terrorism, showing an average level of disaster awareness, preparedness and trust in authorities compared to other EU countries, with media being their primary information source.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Hungary

Hungarians feel most vulnerable to human health emergencies, with rural residents more at risk and lower awareness and preparedness among EU countries, highlighting gaps in public services and the need to improve disaster readiness and empower citizens.
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What you don't know can't help you: Public awareness about social and green infrastructure

This study employs a cross-sectional survey design to investigate factors influencing knowledge of social and green infrastructure among individuals in the United States.
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Democratising knowledge for transformative climate action

Making knowledge systems more diverse to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders and audiences is essential for adaptation.
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