DRR Dispatch

News & Views on #DRR & #WCDRR & #YouthAreReady & #SFDRR & #ActionOnDisasters Issues ! - Email: [email protected]

[Lizz Harrison @LizzHarrison2]

New: paper on what local & national NGOs in #Myanmar, #Nepal, #Nigeria and #SouthSudan think are the priority actions to foster #localisation in partnership-based #humanitarian action https://t.co/LxPGNzEqYz

[Lizz Harrison @LizzHarrison2]

@CA_global @careintuk @CAFOD @Tearfund @oxfamgb @ActionAidUK @eu_echo Pathways to #Localisation (https://t.co/LxPGNzEqYz) is in English, but due to be published in Nepali, Myanmar, Spanish, French & Arabic soon! Watch this space...

[Stephanie Julmy @stephjulmy]

Inspiring day at @ifrc’s DRR/CCA event ahead of #GP2019Geneva. Clear commitment for our network to massively scale up DRR & CCA activities ahead of rapidly rising climate risks. Our 165,000 branches and 14 million volunteers are key to reach the local level. #LeaveNoOneBehind

[Giorgia Pergolini @PergoliniGio]

Disasters are not natural. Think if “by nature” every single hazard hits a population exposed, that would be a real.. disaster 😉 #NoNaturalDisasters #GP2019Geneva

[World Meteorological Organization @WMO]

WMO this week hosted a Multi-Hazard #EarlyWarning conference. Recommendations informed discussion at the #GP2019Geneva. Details here https://t.co/WNk2KRoFOr

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

Sasakawa Award winners are...Dr. PK Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the PM of India; Sidnei Furtado, Director, Dept of Civil Defence, Campinas, Brazil; Bijal Brahmbhatt, Director, the Mahila Housing SEWA Trust, India #GP2019Geneva #GPDRR2019 #DRR https://t.co/8TUDFhQMwP

[Manu Gupta @manu_seeds]

Subtle but important change! AMCDRR becomes APMCDRR embracing now the Pacific! Looking forward to Brisbane, 2020 #GP2019Geneva #GPDRR2019

[Kamal Kishore @HeadUNDRR]

Very positive feedback on #GAR2019. A big thanks to all the staff and writers who contributed to this essential piece of reading. Journalists attending #GP2019Geneva have requested a further briefing on it today: a good sign! #GPDRR2019 https://t.co/sLqqOXfd0R

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

#DRR must be integrated in global, regional, national and local strategies if #SendaiFramework is to be successful. Sendai stakeholders are united in support of meeting target (e) by 2020 says Marwen Elmenshawy on behalf of stakeholders at close of #GPDRR2019 #GP2019Geneva

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

He's a one-man eco-system revivalist! The wonderful @TabiJoda1 has planted 128,000 trees in ten countries in Africa. His goal is one billion. His passion comes across in this extract from his Ignite presentation today at #GP2019Geneva #GPDRR2019 @UNDRR_Africa @UNEnvironment

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

The #GP2019Geneva closes today.

More than 170 countries
4,000 attendees
Over 150 events

Thank you to all participants for sharing your knowledge, expertise and commitment towards a more resilient future. #TheResilienceDividend

[GNDR @globalnetworkdr]

When you fall from poor to ultra poor, resilience is not about bouncing back to being poor, it is about building back better and out of poverty: Farah Kabir GNDR Chair at #GP2019Geneva #TheRealResilienceDividend @BijayKmr @Valeria_Drigo @kabirfarah @ActionAid @AABangladesh

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

Reducing the numbers of people displaced by extreme weather events will be a major topic of discussion at #GP2019Geneva Latest figures from @IDMC_Geneva show there was no decline in 2018 #ResilienceForAll #climatechange https://t.co/vkuxyFn3y1

[PreventionWeb @PreventionWeb]

#DisastersAreNotNatural
Risk is a function of the decisions we make.

#GAR2019 a new UN report about risk https://t.co/6piLFB22wU

[ODIclimate @ODIclimate]

How can we support #ResilienceForAll? Don’t miss @E_lovel chairing at #GP2019Geneva tomorrow (12.30-14.00, Room 18) on intersectional approaches for reducing #vulnerability to natural hazards & #climatechange. Read @ODIdev @Braced NEW work on this topic: https://t.co/DwVa7L6iyF

[PreventionWeb @PreventionWeb]

A new way of funding preventative action in #Pakistan is aimed at helping vulnerable families threatened by #drought
https://t.co/IQub4M8u9w

[Start Network @StartNetwork]

Time running out to say if your org may want to run disaster preparedness #innovation lab. Webinar tomo, 0900 GMT https://t.co/5zwp2105Ee

[FAO in Emergencies @FAOemergencies]

The engagement driving the work of #UNFAO in emergencies https://t.co/0XdT5m964u

[RILOHA @RILOHA_Team]

The first in its kind, this #survey measures perceptions of the use of #drones in #humanitarian #action. https://t.co/51jv7GxrLC #riloha

[PreventionWeb @PreventionWeb]

How to measure #resilience? Report from @bebraced shows it can't be done with only one ‘simple’ indicator https://t.co/hvgro1TMff