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allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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This document provides a toolkit that raises airport operator awareness about vulnerabilities caused by significant weather events.
This is a free webinar to explore "A community-based flood insurance option", a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that discusses the pros and cons of offering collective flood insurance policies to co
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS) April 13 2015: 1420309112v1-201420309, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1420309112
“Resilience” – the ability to plan and prepare for, absorb, recover from or more successfully adapt to adverse events – is a term increasingly used by local, state, and federal governments, community groups, businesses, and emergency responders to
This paper considers how the occurrence, size, and spatial location of large fires might respond to climate projections in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem (GYE) (Wyoming, USA), a large wildland ecosystem dominated by conifer forests and characte
As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council has issued three reports emphasizing why the US should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change...
Reducing vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change that the nation cannot, or does not, avoid is a highly desirable strategy to manage and minimize the risks, according to this publication.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences early edition, sustainability science:
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