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The future in our hands: addressing the leadership challenge of climate change

'To help leverage the synergies between the disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas, I am considering how to strengthen our disaster risk reduction capabilities.' - The Chair's Summary, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon...
United Nations - Headquarters
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Prepared for a shock

'What happens when a school really lets its pupils down: when the walls collapse sideways and the heavy tiled roof pancakes down in a couple of seconds? ...'
Guardian, the (UK)
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Looming hurricane season raises displacement risk

After Hurricanes Iota and Eta ripped through Central America in 2020, many were forced to flee with little more than the wet clothes on their backs, leaving their houses destroyed and even bodies of family members buried in thick mud. Instead of returning
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

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