International Recovery Platform

This white paper considers preparation for and recovery from major electricity outages, with a focus on customer-side measures. It examines how disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery may benefit from standards and the design of plans for coordinated activity.

This document addresses disaster risk reduction in the context of the Typhoon Haiyan, presents lessons from the humanitarian response to the disaster and highlights the important coordination role of the Philippines government in it.

This booklet provides an overview of reconstruction efforts in the Tohoku region following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011.