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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.

Latest Disaster risk management additions in the Knowledge Base

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Wildfires are raging in Nepal — climate change isn't the only culprit

Nepal’s wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity. Forest scientists say that Nepalis’ changing relationship with forests is also escalating the incidence of forest fire, but that better fire prediction and preparedness could minimize harm.
Nature International journal of science
Scene of the simulation
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MapEx2024: MapAction completes disaster simulation with 100 personnel and partners

From June 7th to 9th, MapAction conducted its largest ever disaster simulation event with approximately 100 staff, volunteers, partners and observers taking part.
MapAction
Repairs to an active landslide on U.S. Route 101 in 2021
Research briefs

Expecting the unexpected could help us prepare for climate extremes

The authors of a recenty study contend that a reliance on models that don't account for enough relevant factors and a tendency toward linear thinking have narrowed perceptions of climate change risks.
Eos - AGU
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Boosting bushfire resilience on the Great Western Highway

Hundreds of exotic pines and other tree species beside the Great Western Highway west of Lithgow will be removed or trimmed to build greater bushfire resilience on one of regional NSW’s busiest routes.
New South Wales Government
A tourist in Athens (2012)
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The Hellenic Red Cross acts ahead of extreme heat in Greece

The Hellenic Red Cross activated its Simplified Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Extreme Heat on 8 June 2024, after the National Observatory of Athens predicted scorching temperatures across Greece this week.
Anticipation Hub
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California heat protections at risk from push to exclude prisons

Workers in correctional facilities, whether staff such as nurses and security guards or incarcerated people doing maintenance or other jobs, frequently face sweltering conditions in poorly ventilated, decades-old buildings ill-prepared for extreme heat.
Context
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Documents and publications

Advancing social protection in rural Africa

This report aims to provide an illustrative and insightful overview of FAO’s work in social protection across Africa.
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'My body and phones gave up': covering India's heatwave election

For Context correspondent Bhasker Tripathi covering the election in heat-scorched India brought home the dangers of climate change.
Context

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