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2025
- #BeatTheHeat: UNDP’s ‘Our City – Our Action’ Crowdfunding Campaign Gets Off the Ground to Mitigate Extreme Heat and Heatwaves by Ronald Jackson (June - Heat Action Day)
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (June)
- Why Development Must Prioritize Disaster Risk Reduction by Shoko Noda
- Risk-informed development - Our best defence against disasters
- What does real recovery look like? by Ronald Jackson and Rikard Sjöstrand
- Advocacy Paper: Alternative Futures for Disaster Risk Reduction - 2030 and Beyond
2024
- Advancing Disability Inclusion in Post-Crisis Recovery by Ioana Creitaru, Vanessa Schultz and Gloria Ferrara (December - International Day of Persons with Disabilities)
- At the Nexus of Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Adaptation, and Sustainable Development by Angelika Planitz (November)
- Twenty years on: Lessons from the Indian Ocean tsunami by Sanny Jegillos (November - World Tsunami Awareness Day)
- How UNDP is Strengthening Cities’ Resilience through Risk-Informed Urban Development by Ronald Jackson (October - World Cities Day)
- From Vision to Reality: The Journey of Kilifi County’s Disaster Risk Management Policy by Kevin Mutuku (July)
- Harnessing data for resilience: Mombasa hosts a regional workshop on disaster loss and damages by UNDP Kenya (July)
- #BeatTheHeat: Fostering community action against heatwaves in urban settings by Ronald Jackson (June - Heat Action Day)
- Somalia Needs US $230m to Support Post-Flood Recovery and Reconstruction for 2.5m Affected People by UNDP Somalia, World Bank, & the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP)-EU partnership (June)
- How Safe Can We Feel? Towards the pursuit of resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean by Luis Gamarra Tong (April)
- 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)
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October)
- Raising a resilient generation: Ensuring disaster preparedness for children by Shoko Noda and Kamal Kishore
- For a disaster-free future: Empowering children and youth to be agents of change for more resilient communities
- Advancing Resilience-building through Gender Equality and Women’s Leadership by Rehab Al-Sanabani and Ioana Creitaru
- From Crisis to Classroom: Safeguarding Mongolia’s Schools and Educating Youth as Pathways to Disaster Resilience by CADRI Partnership
2023
- Putting Bhutan’s Paro International Airport at the center of national disaster preparedness and response plan by Mohammad Younus and Giordano Margaglio (December)
- Using Data to Track Loss and Damage from Climate Change by Rajesh Sharma (November)
- Collaborative learning for climate and disaster resilience: How a UN-EU initiative is using statistics to shape resilient futures by UNDP Cameroon (November)
- Reshaping Urban Futures: Applying digital technologies for urban resilience by Ronald Jackson (October - World Cities Day)
- Moving from Managing Crisis to Managing Risks: A Paradigm Shift towards a Proactive Multi-sector Approach for Sustainable Development by UNDP Ethiopia (October)
- Critical infrastructure must be resilient…it’s critical. by Vasko Popovski (July)
- The pace of action is not fast enough (March)
- 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)
- Rising out of the rubble by Paul Conrad (February)
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October)
- 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)
- Blog #2 - Leaving no child behind: how UNDP is promoting equality and resilience through its inclusive tsunami preparedness programme (July)
- Blog #3 - We Can Replace Things, But We Can’t Replace People: Protecting Lives through inclusive Early Warning Systems in the Bahamas (August)
- Blog #4 - Beyond disasters: How UNDP is addressing inequality and empowering women with disabilities for a resilient future (October)
- Blog #5 - Breaking barriers, building resilience: How UNDP is supporting inclusive sustainable development in the face of climate change (November)
2022
- PDRF, UNDP, and partners launch program to prepare airports for disasters (November)
- Amid rising climate change disaster risks, EU-UN initiative helps the African, the Caribbean and Pacific countries better prevent and recover from disasters by UNDP Geneva (November)
- The CADRI Partnership engagement in the Kyrgyz Republic (September)
- How humanity’s prosperity depends on the health of our oceans by Ronald Jackson (July)
- Urban resilience: Addressing an old challenge with renewed urgency by Asako Okai (June)
- Strengthening disaster management for a sustainable future by Rita Missal, Jakarta Post (May)
- Missing the forest for the trees by Ronald Jackson (May)
- Women are hit hardest in disasters, so why are responses too often gender-blind? by Asako Okai (March)
Blog series for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October)
- Blog #1 - What if technological innovation is the future of inclusive early warning systems? by Ioana Creitaru and Beth Allen
- Blog #2 - What if early warning is the path to preparedness for the next pandemic? by Sára Csapó and Giordano Margaglio
- Blog #3 - What if early warning systems are held back by the affordability of early action? by Beth Allen and Boukje Kistemaker
- Blog #4 - What if early warning systems are used to trigger social protection measures in times of crisis? by Ronald Jackson and Sára Csapó
- 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 by CADRI Partnership
Blog series on climate action
- Blog #1 - What if unleashing the power of women is the path to climate resilience? by Beth Allen (November)
- Blog #2 - What if early warnings do not result in early action? by Giordano Margaglio (December)
- Blog #3 - What if gaps in climate financing hold us back in reaching our climate goals? by Beth Allen (January 2023)
2021
- Durie, the Tsunami Teacher (November)
- Climate crisis is a matter of urgency, Interview with Ronald Jackson, The Gleaner (October)
- Hello Future, Episode 3: Planning for an uncertain future (August)
- Innovations in digital technology help prepare for drought by Paul Conrad (June)
- Our crisis response must include people with disability by Ronald Jackson (June)
- The CADRI Partnership engagement in Togo (June)
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October)
- 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
2019
- The CADRI Partnership engagement in Mauritius (October)
- "The rain didn't take us" (June)
- Solar panels help communities adapt to drought (May)
- Recovering livelihoods after disaster strikes by Mariana Iturrizaga (May)
- UNDP promotes resilience in earthquake-prone Nepal (April)
- Managing climate change with early warnings by Victor Igbokwe and Margaret Jones Williams (April)
How extreme weather increases inequality (March)
2018
- Get down to work: Independent recovery efforts blossom into resilient climate action in Mexico (November)
- 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)
- Volcano of Fire: A first responder’s view (July)
- Building resilience to hurricanes in the British Virgin Islands (February)
2016/2017
- 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)
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