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European civil protection aligns with Sendai

European countries Sendai Framework Disaster Risk Reduction

2023-04-04

Introduction Brussels, 17 October 2019 - European countries have moved a step closer to aligning their civil protection agendas w...
Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response

Machine Learning Disaster Response Prediction decision making

2023-04-04

Introduction It can help decision makers answer questions such as “When?” and “How bad?” —and “How many people are in harm’s way?”...
Critical Infrastructure including schools, health facilities and roads threatened by climate crisis

climate change Disaster Risk Reduction critical infrastructure

2023-04-04

Introduction GENEVA, 11 October 2019 – Climate change is contributing to increasing damage to critical infrastructure around the g...
Governments, smart data and wildfires: where are we at?

real-time data wildfire government Big data

2023-04-04

Different types of wildfires Did you know that wildfires occur naturally or can be started deliberately or by accident by humans?...
Silo-Breakers: Asia and the Pacific calls for integrating climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction

UNDRR Climate change Disaster risk reduction

2023-04-04

The Asia-Pacific Climate Week was the last of the regional precursors to the global UN Climate Action Summit, to be convened by ...
From drones to social media, big data helps mitigate impact of complex disasters in Asia

big data Asia

2023-04-04

Rising global temperatures have increased the frequency and intensity of floods, cyclones and droughts in the region, making it ha...
New urban resilience programme for Central Asia

Central Asia urban

2023-04-04

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, made the announcement today at a R...
A IRDR working paper published by DRR Knowledge Service hits 3,300 downloads

DRR Knowledge Service IRDR

2023-04-04

The working paper written by Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service System of IKCEST, with the title of “Extraction and Analysi...
Jamaica ready to host 2020 Regional Platform

Jamaica Regional Platform

2023-04-04

The 7th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be the first in the series to be staged in the Caribbean and takes plac...
NASA program aids with disaster relief efforts

aids disaster relief

2023-04-04

“The goal of the NASA Earth Science Disasters Program is to try to prevent natural disasters or limit their impact and also help p...

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