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Putting people first in disaster risk reduction: the mismatch between policy, theory, and practice
In recognition of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction focusing on the importance of governance this blog reflects on how despite broad agreement as to the benefits of Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, communities at risk remain largely excluded from disaster risk reduction governance.
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October,
2020
October,
2020
Flood risk and public health: An unlikely partnership in the fight against COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruptions to the world. The disease itself and the containing measures brought societies and many public services to an abrupt halt.
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October,
2020
October,
2020
A new Post Event Review Capability manual
The Post Event Review Capability (PERC) is a methodology used to review and learn from disasters in order to build resilience against future events. The PERC was developed by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance in 2013 and has since been applied to disasters around the globe. In the process of conducting these PERCs we have learned and adapted the methodology based on which we have now published an updated manual.
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September,
2020
September,
2020
Advancing digitalization in DRR and development programs in COVID-19 times
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be here to stay for longer. Much has been opined already on the economic and social impacts that the immediate fallout from the pandemic has. Governments and organizations alike are struggling to find the right balance between physical distancing measures / “lockdown” approaches and reopening to a new normal that will resume economic and social activities.
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September,
2020
September,
2020
Compound risks of COVID-19 and floods driving more people into poverty in Bangladesh
During August the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance have met up virtually with Union Disaster Management Committee members in Bangladesh to learn of the challenges facing communities struggling with unemployment and Coronavirus while inundated by floods.
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September,
2020
September,
2020
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It’s been a horrible year but worse will follow without action on climate change
By any measure, 2020 has been a shocker for humanity. In this blog Practical Action's Colin McQuistan reflects on the challenges we've faced, and those we need to gear up to tackle as we app...
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Sustainability, durability, long term impacts… what are we talking about and why?
Back to the future: planning for long term impacts part one. This is the first in a series of four blogs about long term impacts of Practical Action’s work where we ask: what can we lea...
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Forensic examination: what can we learn from the past?
Back to the future: planning for long term impacts part two. In this second of four blogs on lasting changes, we discuss durability factors based on completed Disaster Risk Reduction proj...
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Tools and processes to plan for long-term impacts in our current work
Back to the future: planning for long term impacts part three. In this third of four blogs on lasting changes, we discuss what we can do now to better embed “long term” thinking in ou...
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It’s been a horrible year but worse will follow without action on climate change
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