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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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Cover and source: Economist Impact
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Resilience from the ground up: Assessing city-level approaches to climate risk and adaptation

This Economist Impact report, supported by Zurich Insurance Group, explores the state of climate resilience at the individual and community levels across ten global cities.
Cover and source: World Bank
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Common approach to measuring climate results: Update on indicators

This note expands on the Common Approach to Measuring Climate Results by providing an initial list of common indicators which represent an initial in-depth reflection of the impact of the MDB contribution to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Cover and source: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
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Nature-based solutions in cities: Solutions and examples for municipalities and the private sector

The purpose of this catalogue is to raise awareness in municipalities and the private sector of nature-based solutions (NBS) projects in urban settings that focus on scaling the resilience of cities to address hazards they face.
Cover and source: Journal of Flood Risk Management
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Flood fragility and vulnerability functions for residential buildings in the Province of Leyte, Philippines

This paper addresses gaps in understanding generalised relationships between flood events and damage to residential structures in Philippines provinces. In particular, it looks into structures made of light material, elevated light material and masonry.
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Raising ambition and accelerating delivery of climate finance

The report updates the IHLEG’s previous estimates of investment requirements for climate action and sets out the action agenda to deliver the necessary finance for investment in emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs) other than China.
Cover and source: Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
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External intervention and responsive adaptation by the community: Experiences of improving house quality in an urban slum

This research aims to investigate the impacts of external interventions on the responsive adaptation process by studying a riverside flood-prone urban slum in Bangladesh.
Cover and source: Science Advances
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The Summer North Atlantic Oscillation, Arctic sea ice, and Arctic jet Rossby wave forcing

This study investigates the interactions between summer Arctic sea ice concentration (SIC) variations and the Summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO).
Cover and source: Protezione Civile
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L'attimo decisivo: La Virgola

L'attimo decisivo (The decisive moment) is the comic created by the Italian Department of Civil Protection as part of the national "Io non rischio" (I don't take risks) communication campaign.

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