51.6 Million People Doubly Hit by Climate-Linked Disasters, COVID-19 – IFRC Report
At least 51.6 million people globally have been affected by floods, droughts or storms and also the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,…
Tsunami Preparedness in the Indian Ocean Continues to Progress
With enthusiastic responses from 21 Member States of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS), the Capacity Assessment…
Looking Back and Ahead – 1980-2030: Evolution in Advancing Resilience to Disaster Risks
Loy Rego is a Practitioner with 39 years of leadership and technical work on governance, program development and implementation on…
Helping People Affected by Natural Hazards with Technical Knowledge to Construct Safer Houses
Dr. Eefje Hendriks is a Lecturer and Researcher at Avans University of Applied Science and Eindhoven University of Technology in…
Polar Disaster Risk Reduction
Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, UK, and Professor II, University of Agder, Norway. His…
Beyond Vulnerabilities, Towards Resilience – Children as Active Members in Resilience Building
Rama Rao Dammala is Senior Manager – Disaster Risk Management at Child Fund India. The inclusion of children in risk…
Guwahati Gets an Experimental Flood Warning System
The Third Pole is a multilingual platform dedicated to promoting information and discussion about the Himalayan watershed and the rivers…
Promoting Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Bihar
Dushyant S. Mohil is Country Lead – Program Manager – Partners for Resilience, Wetlands International. Integrated approaches such as Eco-DRR…
Doubling of Extreme Rainfall Events in the Himalayas
Joydeep Gupta is South Asia Director, The Third Pole. He has been writing on environmental issues ever since he covered…
Is Urban India Going Underwater Again?
Sahana Goswami is Manager – Sustainable Cities, World Resource Institute Samrat Basak is Director – Urban Water, World Resource Institute…
