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Disaster risk management

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses.

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Building resilience in the face of uncertainty

IDA's multi-faceted approach to crisis preparedness saves lives
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Lao PDR: Inter-agency contingency plan 2024

The Inter-Agency Contingency Plan acknowledges the lead role of the Government in all aspects of disaster management and the role of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee in supporting national emergency preparedness and response structures and capacities.
Lamu Kenya
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The Averted disaster award announces the Lamu county emergency operation centre as 2024 winner

The Averted Disaster Award (ADA) today named the Lamu County Emergency Operation Centre, Kenya, as the winner of the 2024 ADA award for outstanding Disaster Risk Management (DRM) intervention
Averted Disaster Award (ADA)
Women voters shows their voter ID cards while standing in a queue at a polling station in India, 2018
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Erik Asplund Maddie Harty Sarah Birch Ferran Martinez i Coma

Protecting elections in the face of natural hazards

Natural hazards not only present a huge humanitarian threat but also unparalleled challenges to electoral stakeholders seeking to protect electoral integrity during emergencies.
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Towards better preparedness for future catastrophes: Lessons learned from civil-military pandemic response

This work is a scientific analysis of the operational experience of COVID-19 disaster relief in Heidelberg, Germany, between 2020 and 2022.
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Disaster risk preparedness of households in the Caribbean

The analysis sheds light on disaster preparedness in five “data deprived” countries: Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Saint Lucia, and Suriname. Preparing for—and responding to—disasters requires a people-centered approach.
Kayalitsha, South Africa
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Can mirrors help fight the threat of extreme heat?

Most of the homes within these settlements are built using zinc-coated corrugated metal sheets, which rust, erode and trap in heat from the sun, making heatwaves increasingly dangerous for residents.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Two women Tea Laborers plucking Tea leaves in a Tea Garden in Hatton, Sri Lanka.
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Staying afloat when disaster strikes

The community of Chrystler’s Farm, a tea estate in Nuwara Eliya in the highlands of Sri Lanka, celebrated their initiative to restore the local canal. It is the culmination of a series of community discussions and an anticipatory action exercise.
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

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