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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.

  • Our posts from both practitioners and academics reach a global audience and can influence policy, practices and approaches.
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Heavy flooding from monsoon rain and tide from river in Dohar, Bangladesh (2016)
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Ilan Kelman Ana Prados Gareth Byatt
Disasters that never happened: Six preventive actions
What if the next big flood, wildfire, or heatwave didn't make headlines? Not because it didn't happen, but because communities, governments and local authorities were so well-prepared that a disaster was avoided?
Busy streets of Kingston Jamaica at downtown coronation market
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Nicole West-Hayles
Reducing risk-taking in disasters: Practical solutions for safer choices
When extreme weather events strike, why do some people disregard official warnings and take apparently unnecessary risks?
Screenshot of the Explorisk38 interface
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Valentin Forand Luc François
Gamifying risk awareness: How a French region is teaching disaster preparedness
The Prefecture of Isère and the Rectorate of Grenoble in France have collaborated on an innovative project to strengthen risk awareness among school students. This project uses an immersive educational website, "Explorisk38":
Empty vintage congress hall with seats and microphones.
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Kevin Blanchard
Promoting trust and science in disaster risk reduction
In recent years the convergence of populism and post-truth politics has posed significant challenges to DRR. This intersection undermines evidence-based decision-making, weakens institutional trust, and disproportionately affects marginalised communities.
Two practitioners show and explain what the risks faced by the community are in Haiti.
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Grace Muir Aaron Opdyke
We need to stop creating disaster risk
A recent review of disaster risk creation discourses indicates that to account for rising risk, we must further risk reduction efforts by proactively avoiding the creation of disaster risk. This requires changes in how we frame, manage, and assess risk.
A river wall retaining the Cauca River, Colombia, is being reinforced in the context of a community-based disaster risk reduction project.
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Argemiro Andres Tuiran Jimenez
How Colombian communities are leading the fight against floods
When the Cauca River began to rise in May 2024, the people of Guaranda didn't wait for disaster to strike. Thanks to their community early warning system, they knew which retaining wall was at risk of collapse.
Women in Nepal use a loudspeaker to practise early warnings with local communities.
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Georgia Landray Mirianna Budimir Dharam Uprety Miguel Arestegui Sarah Begg
Towards effective early warning systems: impact and lessons from Nepal and Peru
An assessment of Early Warning Systems (EWS) by Practical Action in Nepal and Peru highlights the need to focus on individuals and communities in the design and implementation of these systems.
Photo of Domina holding a proof of her loan
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Jacinta Kamemba
Harnessing digitalisation for climate resilience in vulnerable communities
Digitalisation is having a transformative impact on climate resilience in Kenya. A partnership between VisionFund (VF) and a local fintech provider is enabling farmers to use their mobile phones in order to access digital loans.

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