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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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A year after Maria, Puerto Rico is far from prepared for the next big storm, with an ever-fragile power grid, damaged infrastructure and the same crippling debt. The island has only seen a fraction of the $50 billion in recovery funds Congress approved, and most people who requested help from FEMA have not received sufficient assistance.
Only about 1% of homes in North Carolina's inland counties are insured through the National Flood Insurance Program, compared with 25% to 50% of homeowners on the coast. The uninsured will have to rely on federal funding, which usually provides $30,000, whereas the average flood insurance policy tops out at $250,000 and costs $700 annually.
Iraq, a major grain buyer, will cut the irrigated area it plants with wheat by half in the 2018-2019 growing season as water shortages grip the country. The cut is expected to lower the country’s wheat production by at least 20%, and imports are expected to increase next year.
According to various UN reports, a total of 275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan - 52,000 more than the number uprooted by conflict this year - with over two million threatened by the effects of water shortages.
Europe will launch a satellite that will use new laser technology to measure the winds sweeping across Earth and help scientists better forecast any weather changes. The Aeolus mission will provide scientists with data on winds in remote areas, such as over oceans, that they have not been able to get from conventional methods but which are crucial for forecasting.
European farmers are counting the cost of a heatwave that affected cereal harvests and pastures, threatening some farmers' livelihoods and shutting the EU out of export markets. The weather has coincided with adverse growing conditions in other grain-producing zones, raising the risk that supplies in exporting countries will be eroded to their smallest in years.
The drought in Australia’s east, one of the worst on record, is impacting every area of rural life, often with global trade and price implications. Many cattle graziers are also being forced to sell stock they can no longer feed, while others are culling their dairy herds for beef.
Democratic Republic of Congo may have declared an end to its ninth outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus since 1976, but health experts are already plotting ways to beat the next flare-up. From vaccines to apps, myth busting to health training, officials are looking at myriad options to better prepare the nation for what many fear is its inevitable future.
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