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IRP provides collections of resources from recovery experiences to support learning and improve preparedness to build back better.

AVALANCHE

Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Land Slide, Avalanche, Tsunami

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Meetings and conferences

2nd International disaster and risk conference IDRC Davos 2008

International Disaster and Risk Conferences

The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.

IDRC Davos 2008

Davos
Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Land Slide, Avalanche, Tsunami

COLD WAVE

Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

8th National Conference & Exposition of the National Hydrologic Warning Council

National Hydrologic Warning Council

The conference is the largest in the United States devoted specifically to real-time hydrologic warning systems and how these technologies assist local

Vail, Colorado
Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

CYCLONE

Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, 2019

Cyclone Gita, Tonga, 2018

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), Philippines 2013

Cyclone

Response and Recovery after Maria Lessons for Disaster Law and Policy
Documents and publications
Publications
2018

Response and Recovery after Maria: Lessons for Disaster Law and Policy

This article analyzes the reasons for the flawed response to the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and proposes improvements in future disaster policy.
University of California, Berkeley
Cyclone
Learning from Hurricane Maria's Impacts on Puerto Rico
Documents and publications
Publications
2021

Learning from Hurricane Maria’s Impacts on Puerto Rico: A Progress Report

This report explains in detail the rationale for launching the multi-year effort to study how critical buildings performed during the 2017 Hurricane Maria, as well as how emergency communications systems worked besides the summary of progress to date.
National Institute of Standards and Technology Department of Commerce
Cyclone

DROUGHT

Drought

Marshall Islands 2016
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Republic of the Marshall Islands, Post Disaster Needs Assessment of the 2015-2016 Drought

This report is a rapid socio-economic assessment of the sectors impacted by the 2015-2016 drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This assessment is the first PDNA of a drought in the Pacific.
Marshall Islands - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Drought
2016 Malawi Drought PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2016

Malawi Drought 2015-2016, Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

This PDNA provides an analysis of the physical, socio-economic, and human impacts of the 2015-2016 drought in Malawi. The PDNA also analyzes the challenges faced and lessons learnt from the ongoing drought response and provides a section of recommendations for improved future drought resilience.
Malawi - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Drought

EARTHQUAKE

Ghorka Earthquake, Nepal 2015


Christchurch and Canterbury Earthquakes, New Zealand 2010-2011


Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 2004


Izmit Earthquake, Turkey 1999

Cyclone, Earthquake, Epidemic & Pandemic

Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local Participation
Documents and publications
Publications
2020

Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local Participation

This document shows the post disaster recovery progress, the challenges and opportunities for local participation, and the potential contribution of nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and local businesses to post disaster recovery in Puerto Rico.
City University of New York
Cyclone, Earthquake, Epidemic & Pandemic

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery
Documents and publications
Case Studies
2022

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery

These case studies describe institutional structures, legal frameworks, and management lessons gleaned from practical experience, providing recovery leaders with insights suited to their context, disaster scenarios, and institutional landscapes.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami

EPIDEMIC & PANDEMIC

Cyclone, Earthquake, Epidemic & Pandemic

Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local Participation
Documents and publications
Publications
2020

Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local Participation

This document shows the post disaster recovery progress, the challenges and opportunities for local participation, and the potential contribution of nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and local businesses to post disaster recovery in Puerto Rico.
City University of New York
Cyclone, Earthquake, Epidemic & Pandemic

Epidemic & Pandemic

A woman wearing a face mask to protect herself from COVID-19 walking across a yellow bridge.
Updates

New pathways towards a more sustainable, more resilient, more prosperous, and more equitable future: the World Reconstruction Conference

Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world, and its consequences have been particularly severe for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Epidemic & Pandemic

FLOOD

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery
Documents and publications
Case Studies
2022

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery

These case studies describe institutional structures, legal frameworks, and management lessons gleaned from practical experience, providing recovery leaders with insights suited to their context, disaster scenarios, and institutional landscapes.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2016

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide

The ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide (the Guide) aims to help the ASEAN Member States prepare for recovery; and deliver timely, efficient and effective recovery programmes.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

HEAT WAVE

Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

8th National Conference & Exposition of the National Hydrologic Warning Council

National Hydrologic Warning Council

The conference is the largest in the United States devoted specifically to real-time hydrologic warning systems and how these technologies assist local

Vail, Colorado
Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

INSECT INFESTATION

LAND SLIDE

Southern Leyte Landslide, Philippines 2006

Flood, Land Slide

sierra leone 2017 pdna
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Sierra Leone- Rapid Damage and Loss Assessment of August 14th, 2017 – Landslides and Floods in the Western Area

This Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs following the 2017 landslides and flooding in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Flood, Land Slide
Sri Lanka 2017 PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Sri Lanka Rapid Post Disaster Needs Assessment, Floods and Landslides, May 2017

This PDNA report covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs across various sectors following heavy rain and flooding in Sri Lanka in 2017.
Sri Lanka - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Flood, Land Slide

NBC - NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL

NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2015

UK recovery handbook for biological incidents

This handbook provides a framework for identifying an effective recovery strategy following a biological incident, as well as a compendium of practical, evidence-based recovery options to assist with the remediation of environmental biological contamination.
Public Health England
NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
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Meetings and conferences

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) First Response

The Development Network

The consequences of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) emergencies challenge all national response capabilities. Responsibility for an

Bristol
NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

STORM SURGE

Cyclone, Flood, Storm Surge

Meetings and conferences

国際防災・人道支援フォーラム2022　防災・災害情報と避難　～地球温暖化への適応～

国際防災・人道支援フォーラム実行委員会
2021 年8 月に公表された気候変動に関する政府間パネル（IPCC）の最新の報告書でも今後地球温暖化の進行に伴い、世界の多くの地域で大雨の強度・頻度が増加するとされており、洪水・土砂崩れなどの住民の生命に関わる自然災害の発生リスクが一層高まると考えられます。日本では、防災・災害情報や避難を促す仕組みの改良を重ね、日々、努力を積み重ねてきましたが、住民の避難行動に結びついていないとの指摘があります。そこで、今回のフォーラムでは、専門家・実務者が集まり、海外からの論者にも事例を紹介してもらうなどして、新たな災害環境を踏まえた「防災・災害情報と避難～地球温暖化への適応」をテーマに議論し、災害多発・防災先進国・日本の責務として、国内外に発信します。
Cyclone, Flood, Storm Surge

Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Storm Surge, Tsunami

Updates

Ocean accounting for disaster resilience in the Pacific SIDS: A brief note for policymakers

A new UNESCAP report analyses the impact of disasters on SIDS and maps out the impact on a cluster of SDGs. While the Pacific SIDS are heavily reliant on ocean resources, most of the disasters that affect them are oceanogenic. To build resilient SIDS, there is a need to connect the dots - science, geospatial data, statistics, and policy interfaces.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Storm Surge, Tsunami

TECHNICAL DISASTER

Technical Disaster

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Meetings and conferences

6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Intergrated Disaster Risk Managment (IDRiM 2015): Disaster Risk Reduction - Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Growth

Disaster Prevention Research Institute
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Conference Overview

The conference sets out to strengthen collaboration between research and knowledge-based institutions in India’s regions and

New Delhi
Technical Disaster
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Training

Disaster management and sustainable development

Africa Medical Research Foundation

The purpose of this course is to build the capacity of health and development workers and their organizations to be able to establish efficient

Nairobi
Technical Disaster

TORNADO

Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

National Tornado Summit

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Center
University of Central Oklahoma
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Oklahoma Insurance Department
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

About:

This summit will look at disaster response, mitigation, preparedness and recovery in the context of tornadoes. Topics include engineering

Oklahoma City
Tornado

Flood, Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

17th annual severe storms and doppler radar conference

National Weather Association

Overview

  • Tim Marshall will be giving the banquet talk on the challenges of distinguishing EF4 and EF5 tornadoes, and comparing the destruction between
Ankeny
Flood, Tornado

TSUNAMI

Tsunami, Volcano

Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) for Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai Volcanic Eruption
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2022

Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) for Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai Volcanic Eruption

This is the Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation report on the January 15 eruption, providing estimated costs of the physical damages caused by the volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Tonga - government World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
Tsunami, Volcano

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery
Documents and publications
Case Studies
2022

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery

These case studies describe institutional structures, legal frameworks, and management lessons gleaned from practical experience, providing recovery leaders with insights suited to their context, disaster scenarios, and institutional landscapes.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami

VOLCANO

Tsunami, Volcano

Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) for Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai Volcanic Eruption
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2022

Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) for Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai Volcanic Eruption

This is the Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation report on the January 15 eruption, providing estimated costs of the physical damages caused by the volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Tonga - government World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
Tsunami, Volcano

Volcano

St vincent and grenadines pdna cover
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2021

La Soufrière Volcanic Eruption Post Disaster Needs Assessment Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

These documents present the background, context, effects, impact, recovery needs and recovery strategy of the devastation of the La Soufrière Volcanic Eruption on St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) within the context of a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - government World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters European Union
Volcano

WILD FIRE

Earthquake, Flood, Wild Fire

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Meetings and conferences

Virtual Study Tour:  Prepare Better, Build Back Better: Towards a More Resilient Algeria 

World Bank, the

Overview

The Government of Algeria, in collaboration with the World Bank, is organizing a virtual study tour aiming to bring together Algerian

Earthquake, Flood, Wild Fire

Wild Fire

Meetings and conferences

AIDR Recovery Matters webinar series: Community-led recovery

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

The new Recovery Matters webinars will get to the heart of key issues that are important in disaster recovery. Join the Australian Institute for Disaster

Wild Fire