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An ounce of resilience is worth a pound of cure

Disaster risk assessment – Mar 28, 2017

School children wearing padded hoods to protect them from falling debris make their way to an evacuation shelter on a hill during a tsunami simulation drill in Choshi, Japan

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

Disaster prevention – May 19, 2017

A rescuer looks for bodies in a destroyed area after flooding and mudslides, caused by heavy rains leading several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Mocoa, Colombia April 4, 2017.

Keeping track of disaster impact helps stave off future risk: experts

Disaster prevention – May 26, 2017

A man stands on top of a damaged bike during a rescue mission at the site of a landslide in Bellana village in Kalutara, Sri Lanka

How can the world reduce disaster losses for the poor?

Disaster prevention – Feb 3, 2017

People remove mud from a house after a landslide and flood in Lurigancho district in Chosica, Peru

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Event

Jun 16, 2018

1:38 UTC

Cancun, QROO, Mexico

Don’t forget refugees and migrants when tackling risk

Refugees – Apr 3, 2017

via UNISDR

Resilience in rural Australia is becoming a core competency

Disaster risk assessment – Apr 3, 2017

via Pro Bono Australia

Insurers must take the lead on disaster resilience coverage

Insurance – Apr 5, 2017

via Business Insurance

Resiliency goes Dutch: South Florida and Netherlands officials swap strategies on sea-level rise

Disaster risk assessment – Jun 28, 2017

via WLRN

This map shows which part of the U.S. will suffer most from climate change

Disaster risk assessment – Jul 4, 2017

via Fast Company

The right decisions now can make "bouncing back" easier

Climate change – Jul 14, 2017

Workers construct a wall near the sea in Cancun, August 12, 2015.

Countries need more than money to cope with shocks - global report

Disaster risk assessment – Jul 19, 2017

Migrants and activists stand on the rocks of the seawall at the Saint Ludovic border crossing on the Mediterranean Sea between Ventimiglia, Italy and Menton, France, September 30, 2015.

Insurance for poor could protect the most disaster vulnerable - governments

Insurance – Jul 20, 2017

People carrying umbrellas cross a flooded street as it rains in Mumbai, India July 18, 2017.

Is it time to rethink humanitarian insurance?

Insurance – Jul 20, 2017

Displaced people carry their belongings to get away from flood during heavy rain at Nyala locality in South Darfur, Sudan June 3, 2017. Picture taken June 3, 2017.

The three myths of natural disasters

Disaster prevention – Jul 28, 2017

Water pushed up by Hurricane Sandy splashes into the window of a building standing by the shore in Bellport, New York, October 30, 2012.

Baltimore shares recipe to keep cities fed in a crisis

Food systems – Aug 2, 2017

Elizabeth Merchant (L) and Edward Moreno of Baltimore, walk down the middle of flooded Pratt Street in downtown Baltimore in this 2003 archive photo.

Valuing the resilience dividend: A new way forward

Disaster risk assessment – Aug 2, 2017

A woman with bags walks along a street as roads are flooded due to heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh July 26, 2017.

Europe's authorities must do more to prepare for climate disasters - study

Emergency preparedness – Aug 21, 2017

People walk through a flooded street during heavy rain through in Berlin, Germany, June 29, 2017.

Mumbai floods prompt calls for crackdown on India's urban sprawl

Disaster prevention – Aug 31, 2017

A man pushes his bicycle on a flooded road during heavy rains in Mumbai, India, August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

Amid climate disasters, South Asia’s cities need to focus on resilience

Disaster risk assessment – Sep 15, 2017

via The Diplomat