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🕯️We can honour the memory of the victims of earthquakes by protecting those they leave behind. Safer buildings and safer communities mean a safer future.🏢 29 April is International #EarthquakeDay ➡️ ow.ly/b5fL50YO3Lp #BuildingResilience

🌡 Defining heatwave alerts is complex. ✅ This free Global Heat Health Information Network masterclass explains the design & improvement of heat-health thresholds for alerts 📚 Self-paced, online training – lectures, Q&A & resources ➡️ ow.ly/KsUT50WGvF1

Do you know the difference between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM)? 🤔 🎥 This is how DRR and DRM work together to build resilience. 👇 ow.ly/ft4y50YSAHy

🚰 Water supply resilience underpins electricity, transport, telecoms, healthcare, and sanitation. When disasters strike, the cascading impacts reach every critical system. New @UNDRR / @cdri_world guidance on water-sector resilience ➡️ ow.ly/I2wx50YT8lj

🎥 📰 Free, independent media play a vital part in reducing disaster risks. 🕵️‍♀️Journalists need to ask the difficult questions: what caused a disaster, who failed to provide security. Investigate further 🔎 ow.ly/Sggc50X2Pu3 #WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom

The benefits of reliable, accurate early warning systems vastly outweigh the implementation costs. Investing in #EarlyWarningsForAll is essential to build a resilient society, protect development gains, and save lives and valuable assets 👉 ow.ly/ilr650XKq4a

This is how agricultural drones are helping make deserts fertile. 🛸🌱🌱 In Mauritania 🇲🇷, the FAO is introducing innovative solutions – like agricultural drones to seed for land restoration. This technology allows small communities to restore larger areas in less time.

🛑 There is no such thing as a natural disaster. Disasters are indicators of development failure – not acts of nature. Hazard × exposure × vulnerability = disaster risk. Risk can be reduced by tackling exposure & vulnerability & building resilience. ➡️ ow.ly/Pghy50YSBtW

Good disaster risk governance can be measured in lives saved, reduced economic losses and environmental protection. #ItsAllAboutGovernance ow.ly/Cbo550WC6Ta

🔑 Nature is the key to sustainable urban heat resilience. These interventions help lower urban temperatures and reduce the urban heat island effect. 🌡️ Read more on urban heat resilience in the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 👉 ow.ly/eort50XBIKi

The freshest disaster risk reduction 🗞 news and 🔬 trusted research, prepared and presented by the #PreventionWeb editors. ➡️ ow.ly/F31I50YSv5F 👣Follow 👍Like 🔔Subscribe

358 disaster events recorded in 2025 – below the 2005–2024 average of 377. That gap should prompt questions, not reassurance. 🌏 Asia: 175 events 🌊 Floods: 119; storms: 156 🔥 Wildfires and earthquakes above 20-year averages ➡️ ow.ly/JUmA50YSyhs

🌡️ @UCLA & @UAI_CL research shows the longest, rarest heatwaves – lasting weeks – will accelerate fastest as the planet warms. 📈 We need detailed foresight to plan & adapt for a hotter future. 👉 ow.ly/KGlr50WFUM7 #BeatTheHeat

🧊 Direct disaster losses are just the tip of the iceberg 🔎 During a disaster, infrastructure damages and injury tolls make the news. But the effects last much longer and spread wider ➡️ ow.ly/poNj50WT1bX #DRRretrospective

Today @UNDRR @WMO @IFRC & CREWS Initiative addressed a G7 Development Ministers meeting in Paris, where member countries committed to increasing funding for early warning systems. Sustained investment is vital for life-saving early warnings. #EarlyWarningsForAll @francediplo_EN

You're indoors, the ground starts shaking... what do you do? 🚨 ⬇️ Drop! 🛡️ Cover! 🤜Hold on! Making these simple actions a reflex could save your life. @UNDRR's SRSG Kamal Kishore shows how it's done! 👇 ➡️ ow.ly/BvtR50YRP7l #DropCoverHoldOn #EarthquakeDay @shakeout

We can't predict earthquakes — but automated systems can detect early shaking and act. P-wave detection triggers alerts, stops trains, shuts gas lines, protects infrastructure in seconds. Those seconds save lives. ➡️ ow.ly/Za5X50YRRr9 #EarthquakeDay #BuildingResilience

🔥 Heatwaves are becoming deadlier—but cities like Amadora are fighting back. In 2022 alone, Portugal lost 2,000+ lives to extreme heat. In response, the #MCR2030 Resilience Hub city took bold steps to protect its people. 🌡️🌳 #GP2025 #ActForResilienceToday #BeatTheHeat

🌍 Investing in women entrepreneurs is a smart bet for climate resilience in Africa. This research highlights an opportunity: that investing in adaptation for women entrepreneurs can deliver greater benefits for climate resilience. 🤝 Read more here ➡️ ow.ly/CFXP50XCQKY

🫸 Drop! Cover! Hold on! If the ground starts shaking & you're indoors, this reflex can protect you. Run a Drop, Cover, Hold On drill – & make it a habit. The reflex it builds can last a lifetime. ➡️ ow.ly/8L5150YQsu2 #BuildingResilience #EarthquakeDay #DropCoverHoldOn

"Earthquakes are inevitable — but the disasters they cause are not." 🕯️On #EarthquakeDay, @UNDRR SRSG Kamal Kishore reflects on remembrance & resilience. Remember. Protect. Build disaster resilience. ➡️ ow.ly/gujF50YQqYp ➡️ ow.ly/gujF50YQqYp #BuildingResilience