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GeoHazards International
Organizations
GeoHazards International is a non-profit organization working to "end preventable death and suffering from natural disasters." It "helps communities in which people are highly vulnerable and there is little capacity...
Disasters, Health
Global Network for Disaster Reduction
Organizations
The international network of organisations is  "committed to working together to improve the lives of people affected by disasters worldwide." It was "initiated with the close support of the Secretariat...
Cooperation, Disasters
Global Shelter Cluster
Organizations
A public platform co-chaired by IFRC and UNHCR at the global level. It is an Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) coordination mechanism that provides "people affected by natural disasters and internally...
Disasters, Refugees/ Asylum Seekers/ Displaced Persons
Japan Bosai Platform
Organizations
Its goal is "to make society disaster-resilient and sustainable by sharing Japanese bosai solutions with the world." It’s "strength lies in the cooperation and wide-ranging technologies of its more than...
Disasters, Resilience, Sustainability
Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
Notable Reports
An especially worrisome report from Britain’s premier medical journal, warning that public health gains of past decades are being reversed and offset by climate change.  Prepared  by 150 experts from...
Climate Change, Disasters, Health
National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Organizations
An academic research center associated with Jeffrey Sachs’ Earth Institute at Columbia University. Works to understand and improve the US capacity to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters....
Children, Disasters, Risks
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Organizations
The part of the UN that is responsible for "bringing humanitarians together to effectively respond to emergencies." It aims to "mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership...
Disasters, Humanitarian, Security
Supporting the Global Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Land-based Solutions for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
Notable Reports
This document aims to explain the work of the UNCCD, drawing on relevant developments in policy and practical examples of actions that can be to tackle land degradation and drought...
COVID, Disasters
Sustainable Food Trust
Organizations
The registered charity was founded in response "to the worsening human and environmental crises that are associated with the vast majority of today’s food and farming systems." It envisions "food...
Disasters, Food System, Transition
The First National Flood Risk Assessment Defining America’s Growing Risk
Notable Reports
A national and state-by-state flood models presented are the "culmination of decades of research and development" from "a multitude of resources and techniques"  that "builds on previously peer-reviewed scientific research."...
Assessment, Disasters, Risks