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Innovative solutions for building flood resilience: Insights from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance
There is an urgent need to enhance flood resilience. While we know prevention is better — and more cost-effective! — than cure, investing in pre-event resilience building is a challenge.
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November,
2018
November,
2018
'Facebook for disasters' app helped Indonesian neighbours save lives
A fledgling social media app that connects neighbours in disaster-prone communities across Indonesia has saved lives and reduced financial losses, researchers said on Wednesday.
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November,
2018
November,
2018
A solid solution to reduce urban flooding and pollution
Researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University have uncovered an alternative pavement material for urban areas which not only reduces flooding by up to 50 percent but purifies storm water at the same time.
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October,
2018
October,
2018
Why Celebrate Failure? Lessons from Implementing Water Resilience
To be resilient requires the flexibility to elegantly and successfully plan for the unknown and respond to the unexpected. But bravely going where no man has gone before is … fraught with challenge. Not everything we try is successful. Which means that, as the resilience community experiments with building resilience, some of our educated guesses about promising avenues won’t pan out. If we want to move the study and practice of resilience forward quickly, we need to share, learn from, and modify our practice on the basis of these lessons.
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October,
2018
October,
2018
Views from the Alliance: IPCC 1.5°C Special Report
October 8: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a report detailing what we can expect if global warming brings our climate to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Here is what the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance has to say.
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October,
2018
October,
2018
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Cyclone Idai casts a shadow over global disaster conference
Geneva – A major international conference on disaster risk reduction will take place under the shadow of Cyclone Idai – a disaster that underscored how little investment the internation...
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A call to action: invest in disaster risk reduction
This week governments, civil society, academia and the private sector are coming together in Geneva at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction to discuss the progress made on reducin...
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Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities: Boosting community resilience
This year’s Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction calls for locally-led, inclusive action to prevent disasters and boost resilience for all at-risk groups. With the Flood Resilience ...
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What do Flood Resilience and Nepalese Thali have in common?
After four years as a member of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (“the Alliance”), I had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of our work in West Nepal. Practical Action and our local ...
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Cyclone Idai casts a shadow over global disaster conference
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