Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- With the aim of reducing drought emergencies, ACTED Kenya has been implementing resilience projects in the most affected parts of Kenya, the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). A recent initiative "Ending Drought Emergencies" recognises that droughts cause emergencies due to weak foundations and institutions needed to support sustainable livelihoods...
26 July 2016, INCHEON, Republic of Korea – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has signed a five-year, US$10 million agreement with the Ministry of Public Safety and Security and Incheon Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea to support education and training for disaster risk reduction.
The signing of the agreement coincided with a visit by UNISDR Director Ms. Kirsi…
- This publication addresses the emergence or re-emergence of tropical infections such as malaria, dengue or chikungunya in Southern Europe, in the last decades.The author identifies the following measures to tackle NTDs (Neglected Tropical Diseases): increased active surveillance activities; studies to elucidate the modes of indigenous...
- This policy brief emphasises the importance of shifting disaster risk reduction approaches from a reactive to a preventative one. Education on disasters has tended to focus on disaster response and recovery, as opposed to proactive actions to reduce disaster risk and increase preparedness.The publication recommends that: Educational...
- This case study presents the 'Co-Management of Riverbank Erosion Control' project in Vietnam, which has developed new institutional mechanisms combining community initiative and oversight with government technical and financial support.The transferable innovations tested in this project include: integration of community knowledge of riverbank vulnerability...
- This paper explains how Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) projects can play an important role in ensuring California (USA) manages its groundwater sustainably. The publication explains the benefits and economic costs of MAR as an effective and affordable way to balance local groundwater decisions with regional and statewide managementThe...
- GLIDE number: FL-2016-000091-NER
Disaster type: Flood
Affected countries: Niger
On 2 August, the Niger Basin Authority reported that by the end of July, levels of the Gorouol River at Alcongui were the highest in over 50 years. Local authorities and the UN have been delivering food aid for the displaced people, and non-food aid is on its way. The rains are unlikely to ease…
- In a new book titled 'Dull Disasters', Daniel Clarke calls to make dealing with disasters a dull event rather than a media circus. He discusses ways to ‘dull' or reduce the impact of disasters, building on existing examples and financial instruments to put in place concrete, coordinated, and credible plans pre-disaster.
- In Canada and the US, the Depave movement is tearing up hard surfaces in favour of gardens to soak up rainwater and help prevent flooding. Meanwhile, Britain's front gardens are being paved for parking while back gardens become patios. As intense rainfalls in Britain are becoming the new norm, gardens are seriously under-rated for flood protection and...
- Climate-related disasters increase the risk of armed conflicts, with one quarter of the violent struggles in ethnically divided countries preceded by extreme weather. The scientists behind the new research say it could be used to predict where future violence might flare, allowing preventative measures to be taken, with the co-benefit of climate stabilisation:...