Disaster Risk Management

New tools, data and initiatives coming out of the UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

I spent last week at the 2009 UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva.

Abhas Jha|
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management

CarbonExpo: On climate change and carbon finance, cities initiate change

Pongtip Puvacharoen works at the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific stand on the first day of Carbon Expo in Barcelona.

Florian Kitt|
Climate Change, Environment, Disaster Risk Management

From Wenchuan to L'Aquila, key after the quake is the work of volunteers

A fireman showing the Bank's Global Disaster Management team around Onna.

Mara Warwick|
Disaster Risk Management

Moving sounds from Sichuan to help victims of the earthquake

Here's a project that makes beauty out of tragedy in the hope of helping alleviate it: an American folk artist and a Chinese electronica producer teamed up to create a unique soundtrack using…

Claudia Gabarain|
Disaster Risk Management

Day of reflection: One year after Sichuan earthquake, signs of recovery and hope in China

We have heard stories of tragedy since the Sichuan - Wenchuan Earthquake, but we have also seen the signs of recovery and hope. Today is a day of reflection in China. The Sichuan - Wenchuan…

Mara Warwick|
Disaster Risk Management
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