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#UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, dedicated to building disaster #resilience and tackling #climatechange through implementation of the Sendai Framework

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A new standard is set to reshape how the world builds resilience. 🏗️

🛡️ ISO 22372 establishes the first global reference point for safer, more reliable infrastructure, building on UNDRR’s Principles for Resilient Infrastructure.

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/ZoSZZnTRmP

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On #WorldEnvironmentDay, SRSG Kamal Kishore joined colleagues in Panama to dance for the planet, as part of the @UNEP limbo dance challenge.

Climate impacts are increasing. But we have solutions: protecting ecosystems, reducing emissions, building resilience.

#NowForClimate

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The week's 🗞 news and 🔬trusted research updates on disaster risk reduction, selected by the #PreventionWeb editors.

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Floods are more frequent & intense, impacting more lives.

🛡️Resilience must shape how we plan, invest, & respond.

On #WorldEnvironmentDay we call for accelerated action to protect & preserve the environment, to reduce disaster risks. 🌱 #NowForClimate

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❄️Climate change may reduce the frequency & severity of cold waves.
BUT the impacts of fewer, weaker cold waves could actually get worse if we let our guard down.
We must stay prepared for cold waves by reducing exposure & keeping infrastructure ready.
➡️ https://t.co/HBEF9OsfrK

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Assistive technology users are too often invisible in disaster preparedness. That has to change.

Learn how in this policy brief by UNDRR and @ATscale ➡️ https://t.co/lZleDZUDnS @Unlock_Everyday #WorldATDay #UnlockTheEveryday

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The Disaster Operations Centre in Abuja, Nigeria, opened in June 2023, adding to the African Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Early Action.

A warning of just 24 hours can reduce ensuing damage by up to 30 percent.
Read more 👉 https://t.co/Ai17Q5grVM #EarlyWarningsForAll

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🌡️ Urban heat risks are soaring for Bangkok, Thailand.

This @WorldBank @GFDRR report shows how targeting places, people & institutions can deliver short- & long-term solutions to #BeatTheHeat. 👉 https://t.co/BHuq0P34qQ

💡Cooling action must be local, inclusive, & sustained.

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Climate hazards are disrupting sports events.
🌡️ Extreme heat
🌫️ Wildfire smoke
🌊 Storms and floods
🕐 Schedule disruption
👥 Spectators exposed to risks

The climate crisis is changing the rules of the game. ➡️ https://t.co/m5vBKp7ihf

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Glaciers are vanishing in Santa Fe, Peru.

The Quechua are building resilience by reviving ancestral water systems – qochas – to store rain for droughts. Now storing 3x more water than before.

🎥 https://t.co/EZvsgCn1NU

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🌡️ Extreme heat is one of the most acute hazards facing agriculture.

This joint report from the FAO and WMO highlights the systemic vulnerability of agriculture to extreme heat.

Discover the report highlights here 👉 https://t.co/JvjS3AbtFk #BeatTheHeat

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🌧️☀️ Did you know.... flood risk can actually increase after droughts?

Why? Dry, scorched soil becomes solid, unable to absorb heavy rain—leading to surface runoff and flash floods. 🌊

Healthy soil helps prevent floods. 🌱

#SoilHealth

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Wetlands shield us from flooding, property damage and loss of life.

They are powerful nature-based solutions. Protecting wetlands curbs disaster risk. 👉 https://t.co/UsKtz50xfi

#ForNature | #NatureBasedSolutions

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Anticipatory action prevents and reduces suffering from predictable shocks by activating pre-agreed plans before a hazard strikes.

In 2025: 146 activations in 54 countries, US$119.9M in financing, 9.6 million people directly assisted.

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❌ There are no natural disasters.

💡Disasters are not a 'natural' part of life.

Natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis may be impossible to stop, but the loss of life and economic damage they inflict are usually the result of human decisions.

#NoNaturalDisasters

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⏱️Every early warning is a chance to protect what matters most.

#AnticipatoryAction turns forecasts into life-saving action, before disaster strikes. When extreme weather events are predicted, prearranged funding and plans let communities act in time.
➡️ https://t.co/eMqb9Jzr1B

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Cities create their own heat. 🌆🌡️

Built surfaces such as asphalt and concrete absorb and store heat during the day, then release it slowly after sunset.

Designing cooler, greener, more inclusive cities is now a public health priority.🏙️

➡️ https://t.co/dbfWWHMI03 #BeatTheHeat

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🛡️ Disaster resilience is one of the most powerful economic opportunities of our time – and the most under-utilised.

Integrating risk reduction, inclusive finance and social protection creates a reinforcing cycle of stability and growth. ➡️ https://t.co/qSd5ZYFpud

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Stress-testing infrastructure means asking difficult questions early – and taking the answers seriously.

As extreme events grow more common, infrastructure built to yesterday's standards is increasingly exposed.

Start here ➡️ https://t.co/DqvkfbgO60

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💡Our Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) online reference identifies 281 hazards with the potential to cause widespread destruction – a useful checklist for strengthening disaster risk governance and national strategies for disaster risk reduction.

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