Blog Posts and Articles: Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery

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International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October 2023)

• The Future of Risk Reduction – Reflecting on the Sendai Mid-term Review by Angelika Planitz
• Fighting inequality for a resilient future

Blog series on disability inclusion

• Blog #1 - The power of inclusion: How UNDP is promoting disability inclusion in its disaster and climate resilience efforts to leave no one behind by Ronald Jackson (May 2023)
• Blog #2 - Leaving no child behind: how UNDP is promoting equality and resilience through its inclusive tsunami preparedness programme (July 2023)
• Blog #3 - We Can Replace Things, But We Can’t Replace People: Protecting Lives through inclusive Early Warning Systems in the Bahamas (August 2023)
• Blog #4 - Beyond disasters: How UNDP is addressing inequality and empowering women with disabilities for a resilient future (October 2023)
• Blog #5 - Breaking barriers, building resilience: How UNDP is supporting inclusive sustainable development in the face of climate change (November 2023)

Blog series on climate action

• Blog #1 - What if unleashing the power of women is the path to climate resilience? (November 2022)
• Blog #2 - What if early warnings do not result in early action? (December 2022)
• Blog #3 - What if gaps in climate financing hold us back in reaching our climate goals? (January 2023)

Other blog posts and stories

• How Safe Can We Feel? Towards the pursuit of resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean by Luis Gamarra Tong (April 2024)
• Countries across Asia-Pacific continue to benefit from the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Here’s how. by Yuichi Ono (March 2024)
• Putting Bhutan’s Paro International Airport at the center of national disaster preparedness and response plan by Mohammad Younus and Giordano Margaglio (December 2023)
• Using Data to Track Loss and Damage from Climate Change by Rajesh Sharma (November 2023)
• Reshaping Urban Futures: Applying digital technologies for urban resilience by Ronald Jackson (October 2023 - World Cities Day)
• Critical infrastructure must be resilient…it’s critical. by Vasko Popovski (July 2023)
• The pace of action is not fast enough (March 2023)
• The earthquake in Türkiye and Syria is another reminder of why disaster and climate resilience matter by Chad Carpenter, Rohini Kohli and Angelika Planitz (February 2023)
• Rising out of the rubble by Paul Conrad (February 2023)
• PDRF, UNDP, and partners launch program to prepare airports for disasters (November 2022)
• How humanity’s prosperity depends on the health of our oceans by Ronald Jackson (July 2022)
• Urban resilience: Addressing an old challenge with renewed urgency by Asako Okai (June 2022)
• Missing the forest for the trees by Ronald Jackson (May 2022)
• Women are hit hardest in disasters, so why are responses too often gender-blind? by Asako Okai (March 2022)
• Innovations in digital technology help prepare for drought by Paul Conrad (June 2021)
• Our crisis response must include people with disability by Ronald Jackson (June 2021)
• Recovering livelihoods after disaster strikes by Mariana Iturrizaga (May 2019)
• Managing climate change with early warnings by Victor Igbokwe and Margaret Jones Williams (April 2019)
• How extreme weather increases inequality (March 2019)
• Building back better in Lao PDR: A reflection on recovery, prevention and connectedness, in the wake of Storm Son-Tinh by Margaret Jones Williams (September 2018)

Blog series for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October 2022)

• Blog #1 - What if technological innovation is the future of inclusive early warning systems?
• Blog #2 - What if early warning is the path to preparedness for the next pandemic?
• Blog #3 - What if early warning systems are held back by the affordability of early action?
• Blog #4 - What if early warning systems are used to trigger social protection measures in times of crisis?
• Navigating uncertainty by Asako Okai and Kanni Wignaraja
• Guarding against disaster risk: Airport preparedness takes off in the Maldives by Ioana Creitaru and Rebecca Smith
• Celebrating IDRR Day: stronger country systems to enhance early warning and preventive action in the Maldives

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October 2021)

• With climate change and an uncertain future, digital solutions are vital to preparing for disasters by Ronald Jackson
• Alluvione: Girl power to combat floods in Indonesia by Ranjit Jose and Haryanti Sunarta
• With 2030 in sight, we need greater investment to reduce disaster risk by Asako Okai
• International cooperation for developing countries is essential to reduce disaster risks and losses by Dr. Siga Fatima Jagne and Njoya Tikum

Articles

• Strengthening disaster management for a sustainable future by Rita Missal, Jakarta Post (May 2022)
• Climate crisis is a matter of urgency, Interview with Ronald Jackson, The Gleaner (October 2021)

Photo stories

• The CADRI Partnership engagement in the Kyrgyz Republic (September 2022)
• The CADRI Partnership engagement in Togo (June 2021)
• The CADRI Partnership engagement in Mauritius (October 2019)
• "The rain didn't take us" (June 2019)
• Solar panels help communities adapt to drought (May 2019)
• UNDP promotes resilience in earthquake-prone Nepal (April 2019)
• Get down to work: Independent recovery efforts blossom into resilient climate action in Mexico (November 2018)
• Volcano of Fire: A first responder’s view (July 2018)
• Building resilience to hurricanes in the British Virgin Islands (February 2018)
• How to save Mozambique from disasters (April 2017)
• Back in business in Nepal (April 2017)
• How can data save lives in Asia Pacific? (April 2017)
• After a cyclone, a stronger home and future: How Samoa is building and preparing for natural disasters (September 2016)

Other media

• Durie, the Tsunami Teacher (November 2021)
• Hello Future, Episode 3: Planning for an uncertain future (August 2021)