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Documents and publications

This report's central task is to inquire into, and report on, national natural disaster arrangements – that is, arrangements involving all levels of government, the private and not-for-profit sectors, communities, families, and individuals

The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (Australia)
Documents and publications

Societal Impact Statement

Ecosystem‐based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being used to reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable people and landscapes. The international EbA South project implemented EbA interventions across three countries

The New Phytologist Trust
Wiley
Documents and publications

This document shows a preliminary analysis of the 2019/20 bushfire season and compared it with the fire seasons between March 2000 and March 2020 in the states of New South Wales (NSW), Victoria, and South Australia (SA).

Journal of Safety Science and Resilience (Science Direct)
BRDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) estimates the impact on the population, physical assets, infrastructure and service delivery, following the explosions in the Port of Beirut in August 2020.

World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Union
Documents and publications

UNEP Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced the series of policy briefs Articulating social and environmental policy for post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovery.

This policy brief refers to opportunities to build back

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Documents and publications

This document should be read in the context of the Secretary General’s report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Group’s framework for the immediate socio-economic response

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
practical lessons for recovery from the covid-19 pandemic
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance

This publication offers a set of guiding, action-oriented principles and practical cases to support recovering communities as they plan and implement recovery.

International Recovery Platform
COVID-19 Recovery Policy Brief
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance

This brief is offered to define the COVID-19 recovery context and to supplement existing guidance with key principles and practices to guide recovery planning.

International Recovery Platform
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This report presents a consolidated view of damage, loss and recovery needs estimates from the 2019 floods in Iran, based on data received from various line departments and the expertise of a multi institutional and interdisciplinary assessment team.

Iran, Islamic Republic of - government
United Nations in Iran
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Documents and publications
Reports and analysis

This UNDP study develops participatory, disaster-resilient housing solutions for flood- and landslide-affected tribal communities in Wayanad, Kerala.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)