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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023
Mapping Resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals
Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...
Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2021
Special Report on Drought
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...
Gender-responsive and Disability-Inclusive Early Warning and Early Action in the Pacific Region
Findings and Recommendations for Future Action
The report explores the barriers, challenges and opportunities to strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive early warning early action in the Pacific, focusing on existing policies...
The report explores the barriers, challenges and opportunities to strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive early warning early action in the Pacific, focusing on existing policies...
2023 Global Survey Report on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters
( PDF: October 2023
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes persons with disabilities as contributing stakeholders, emphasizing the need for inclusion in all DRR policies and practices. To...
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes persons with disabilities as contributing stakeholders, emphasizing the need for inclusion in all DRR policies and practices. To...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...
This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future
The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...
The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...
What's Going On? Series (Set of 10 DVDs)
This groundbreaking 10-part family television series explores critical global issues such as war, environmental degradation, discrimination and poverty through the eyes of a child. The goal is to...
This groundbreaking 10-part family television series explores critical global issues such as war, environmental degradation, discrimination and poverty through the eyes of a child. The goal is to...
What's Going On? AIDS in the Caribbean (DVD)
In “AIDS in the Caribbean”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Danny Glover travels to Port of Spain to witness the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and teenagers. He...
In “AIDS in the Caribbean”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Danny Glover travels to Port of Spain to witness the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and teenagers. He...
What's Going On? Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone (DVD)
In “Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Michael Douglas hosts a sobering look at exploited children in this war-torn country where...
In “Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Michael Douglas hosts a sobering look at exploited children in this war-torn country where...
What's Going On? Poverty in America (DVD)
In “Poverty in America”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Tim Robbins meets Jessica, who cares for siblings while her dad works long hours for low pay, and J.R., who...
In “Poverty in America”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Tim Robbins meets Jessica, who cares for siblings while her dad works long hours for low pay, and J.R., who...
What's Going On? Refugees in Tanzania (DVD)
In “Refugees in Tanzania”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Angelina Jolie works with children victimized by long years of civil strife. She introduces the Fataki...
In “Refugees in Tanzania”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Angelina Jolie works with children victimized by long years of civil strife. She introduces the Fataki...
What's Going On? Child Labor in Brazil (DVD)
In “Child Labor in Brazil”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Susan Sarandon interviews 12-year-old Eleandra, who picks garbage seven days a week, and a boy named...
In “Child Labor in Brazil”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Susan Sarandon interviews 12-year-old Eleandra, who picks garbage seven days a week, and a boy named...
What's Going On? Landmines in Cambodia (DVD)
In “Landmines in Cambodia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Laurence Fishburne tells the stories of Suk Ratha, who remembers only the deafening explosion that...
In “Landmines in Cambodia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Laurence Fishburne tells the stories of Suk Ratha, who remembers only the deafening explosion that...
What's Going On? Girls' Education in India (DVD)
In “Girls' Education in India”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, Brazilian-born actress, Sonia Braga explores how girls are typically educated in this largely Hindu...
In “Girls' Education in India”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, Brazilian-born actress, Sonia Braga explores how girls are typically educated in this largely Hindu...
What's Going On? Street Children in Mongolia (DVD)
In “Street Children in Mongolia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Richard Gere reviews the plight of street children in Ulanbaatar and other cities in this remote...
In “Street Children in Mongolia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Richard Gere reviews the plight of street children in Ulanbaatar and other cities in this remote...
What's Going On? Indigenous Children in Australia (DVD)
In “Indigenous Children in Australia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Rachel Ward works with aboriginal children and teens in Australia's urban centers and the...
In “Indigenous Children in Australia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Rachel Ward works with aboriginal children and teens in Australia's urban centers and the...
What's Going On? Conflict in Northern Ireland (DVD)
In “Conflict in Northern Ireland”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Meg Ryan helps tell the unhappy stories of Northern Ireland's children who suffer the effects...
In “Conflict in Northern Ireland”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Meg Ryan helps tell the unhappy stories of Northern Ireland's children who suffer the effects...
Human Cost of Disasters
An Overview of the Last 20 Years 2000-2019
The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent...
The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent...