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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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The collective advantage: Understanding transboundary climate risks in Southeast Asia and charting a path forward

This shared perspective explores examples of transboundary climate risks in Southeast Asia and concrete steps that can be taken to foster and strengthen collective action and build resilience against climate risks.
Cover and source: Anticipation Hub
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Applying anticipatory action ahead of disease outbreaks and epidemics: A conceptual framework for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

This working paper contributes to building a common understanding of the concept of anticipatory action for disease outbreaks and epidemics. It offers a useful synthesis of the current theory to guide anticipatory action for epidemics.
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Accelerating comprehensive risk management in agrifood systems - Issue brief

This issue brief examines challenges in addressing today’s multiple food crises and showcases and outlines opportunities for effectively integrating DRR into CCA and agrifood systems policies and action plans.
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Policies and plans

CE174.R15 - Policy for strengthening equity-oriented health sector action on climate change and health

The 174th Session of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) adopted the policy to urge member states to bolster health sector capacity for adaptation and mitigation with an equity- and human rights-oriented approach.
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From rest to eruption: How we should anticipate volcanic eruptions

The author proposes that a systematic integration of a detailed knowledge of the eruptive history of a volcano and monitoring data on its current state of activity, is the main way to forecast future eruptions.
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Planned relocation may reduce communities’ future exposure to coastal inundation but effect varies with emission scenario and geography

This study assesses risk of future coastal flooding before and after moving, for three dates and three emissions scenarios, for 17 communities from a global dataset.
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Reviewing the progress of infectious disease early warning systems and planning for the future

This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of infectious disease early warning systems, with a particular emphasis on assessing the development of these systems in the recent five years (2019 to 2023).
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Climate Vulnerability Assessment: Alliance for root causes and opportunities

This study aims to identify the nature and character of risks, both modeled and perceived, and then propose cost-effective adaptation practices that can be implemented by local partners.

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