Report of the international group for WRDRR in 2012
This report highlights how International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) system partners are working together at global, regional and national levels to facilitate the implementation of the Hyogo Framework and increase political commitment and concrete actions on disaster risk reduction. Within the ISDR system, there are several thematic groups and platforms focusing on specific disaster risk reduction issues, such as disaster risk reduction and education, environment, capacity development, recovery, early warning.
This report highlights: (i) the international forum on tornado disaster risk reduction for Bangladesh; (ii) brochures on preparedness for wind related hazards in Haiti; (iii) international symposium on wind effects on buildings and urban environment; (iv) the saffir-simpson hurricane wind scale; (v) development for intensity of tornadoes.