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The DRR Community Voices share personal stories and perspectives from the disaster risk reduction trenches on reducing risk and building resilience.

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Woman with an umbrella walking through a flooded street in city of Salvador, Brazil in 2015
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Fabiane Parise

Floods in Rio Grande do Sul put a city’s resilience to the test: lessons from Veranópolis

In May 2024 Brazil's State of Rio Grande do Sul was struck by catastrophic floods. The city of Veranópolis was one of the affected towns and our Risk Management Plan, set up as part of its implementation of MCR2030 programme, was put to the test.
Women voters shows their voter ID cards while standing in a queue at a polling station in India, 2018
Blog
Erik Asplund Madeline 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.
Demonstration of VisRisk at GPDRR 2022
Blog
Angela Tamrakar

Keeping people at the centre of risk data initiatives

The BIPAD Portal was developed to meet the need to convey information to the community about the technical aspects of engineering that are vital to ensure disaster resiliency.
Watercolor vector illustration of blue sky and clouds
Blog
Meg Parsons

Harnessing creativity to build resilience: An artistic toolkit for disaster risk reduction practitioners

Community engagement is just as important as research and policymaking for successful efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change and reduce disaster risks. Discover the climate resilience toolkit that includes a range of art activities.
Portrait of Retno Atsari
Interview

Retno Rifa Atsari: “Disaster risk reduction is everybody’s business, and everyone can have their role to reduce disaster risks, including women”

In 2019, Retno initiated the idea to develop a disaster knowledge management platform that combines risk profiles and the distribution of knowledge products across Indonesia.
Person riding a horse in a large meadow at Naryn of Kyrgyzstan
Blog

Food security, disaster risk assessment and vulnerable communities: Lessons from the Kyrgyz Republic

The proactive disaster risk management strategies employed by the Kyrgyz Republic serve as a valuable model for other nations with similar challenges.
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Isabelle Granger Jeanique Serradinho

Practical guidance on legal and policy frameworks for stronger disaster risk governance

A new tool, the Handbook on Disaster Law Reform: A Guide for Domestic Authorities provides an eight-step process to guide lawmakers embarking on legal review processes relating to disaster risk management.
Dr. Tavida Kamolvej
Interview

Dr. Tavida Kamolvej: “Every country has to realize that disaster risk reduction has to be integrated every step of the way”

Tavida Kamolvej is is the Deputy Governor of Bangkok. She worked for 20+ years as a disaster specialist, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at Thammasat University and is a well-known Thai public policy professional.

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