International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) News and publications

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    To find out what children must do if a tremor hits when parents, teachers or other adults are not around, Mainichi Shimbun interviewed Satoko Oki, a seismologist and associate professor at Keio University's Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.

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    The report of the event focuses on the pressing need to upscale wetland solutions for disaster risk reduction. The session featured prominent speakers who offered valuable insights into the potential of wetlands as nature-based solutions (NbS).

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    This picture shows a boy with crutches in the Dadaab refugee camp in Somalia.
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    Fighting inequality for a resilient future is the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It highlights the vicious cycle between disasters and inequality

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    Representatives from high-tech companies such as Oracle, Amazon, and Esri joined community humanitarian organizers and academic researchers in energetic and open dialog on topics such as "Unleashing Innovation for Disaster Resilience".

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    Scene of destruction after the second passage of Cyclone Freddy in Zambézia province, Mozambique
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    The AfDB teamed up with the ARC Group to establish the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme in 2018. This program enhances African countries’ resilience and response to climate shocks by improving their management of climate disaster risks.

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    Colorful houses in the favela of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
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    PLOS highlights recent studies published in PLOS ONE including one on an informal settlement in northwestern Colombia and a paper looking at how heat waves affect visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park. The authors give PLOS insights on their work.

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    Nepal - Badil Lama is an engineer trained in landslide mitigation by building safer roads
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    To prepare the local government and community to respond before, during, and after shocks, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality organised a functional level forecast-based action-shock responsive social protection (FbA-SRSP) simulation in September 2023.

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    A student rides a bike through the floods in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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    Marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Friday, UN chief António Guterres called on countries everywhere to boost resilience and adaptation, to build a safer and more just future for all.

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