DRR Community Voices

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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William Lacy Swing, International Organization for Migration

How long must communities in disaster prone areas remain hopeful?

2015 was the year of hope for the global migration and humanitarian communities. 

That year, we saw the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development call

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Yohannes Yemane Kesete, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank

The Road to Recovery in Dominica: Rebuilding and Resilience after Cyclone Erika

On August 27, 2015, there was little sense of anxiety or urgency in Dominica as the first rains landed on this small Eastern Caribbean island state

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Daniel Stander, Global Head of the RMS Public Sector Group, Risk Management Solutions

How to accelerate the understanding of disaster risk

RMS is delighted in playing an integral role at the United Nations’ Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun next week.  This is the

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Triveño Luis, Urban Development Specialist, World Bank Group

To build resilient cities, we must treat substandard housing as a life-or-death emergency

The scene is as familiar as it is tragic: A devastating hurricane or earthquake strikes a populated area in a poor country, inflicting a high number

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Katie Peters, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute

How can we lower disaster risk? Have a strategy, look for vulnerability and be accountable

When the world’s governments meet in Cancun this week, they will reaffirm their commitment to protecting their citizens from disasters.

Most will

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Toshihiro Sonoda, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank, the

Making Waves in Resilience: Managing Water to Reduce Disaster Risk

What do you think of when you hear ‘water issues’? You may think of water supply, sanitation or even food security.

Water issues in fact vary from

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David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development, International Institute for Environment and Development

Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'

Urban centres can be among the world's most healthy places to live and work – but many are among the least. How healthy they are is powerfully

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Vladimir Tsirkunov, Team Leader of the GFDRR's Hydromet Program, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the

Partners in prediction: How international collaboration has changed the landscape of hydromet

Intense drought can devastate a country. Severe flooding can be catastrophic. Dealing with both at the same time? That’s just another day for many

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