🌡️Extreme heat is more dangerous for the poor. 💡Governments must invest in plans to protect the most vulnerable and reduce heat risk.

The Girl and the Tsunami 🎬This UNDRR-supported short film tells the true story of a brave girl who takes early action & warns her village about a #tsunami 🌊– and it has won multiple awards in film festivals around the world!🏆 Watch the whole film here 👉ow.ly/aVLz50TaU6U

🏛️ Did you know that ancient Rome had effective strategies to combat the urban heat island effect? As the world faces increasing extreme heat, we can learn from ancient practices to find solutions for cooler cities. 🏙️ Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/jkc250TaSUZ

Disasters resulting from climate change displaced 30m+ people in 2020 🆘 Explore how to limit displacement and reduce related risks through better governance. ow.ly/ZlTv50TcjPR #RiskToResilience

🌍 By 2030, 118M of Africa’s poorest may face severe droughts, floods, extreme heat. We need urgent action: prioritize investment in forecasting capacity & accelerate #EarlyWarningsForAll to save lives, build resilience, achieve the SDGs, World Meteorological Organization reports. ➡️ow.ly/e6Ty50Tcl8T

🌪️ 20 years ago – on 2 September 2004 – Hurricane Ivan began its destructive trail, resulting in at least 124 fatalities and causing billions in damages. 📢 Here are 5️⃣ ways communities can prepare for hurricane season 👇 #EarlyWarningsForAll

🔗🏙️Is your city resilient? Does its resilience help its citizens to prosper and flourish? Discover #MCR2030 – a unique cross-stakeholder initiative for improving local resilience. Join other cities on a shared pathway to resilience. ➡️ ow.ly/w1a650TckGV

⚠️These risks have potential to escalate to cause global and existential catastrophes. But what can be done? Here are some insights into managing risks of escalating hazards ➡️ ow.ly/LYej50Rf5Eg #ItsAllAboutGovernance

🌊10 years ago floods devastated India and Pakistan causing 550+ deaths. 🌧️🇮🇳 🇵🇰 Multi-hazard early warning systems reduce flood risks and protect lives. UNDRR, @IFRC, World Meteorological Organization, Int’l Telecommunication Union are committed to ensuring #EarlyWarningsForAll. 📢 Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/qWqf50TcciE

The habitats that preserve wildlife 🦓🐘 🐠can also protect us from hazards and reduce disaster risks. #NatureBasedSolutions benefit nature as well as human communities.

Countries and organisations can implement the Sendai Framework to protect development gains from the risk of disaster. Read more ➡️ ow.ly/gAp650TeysN

Addressing the Santiago network Advisory Board this week, @unfccc chief Simon Stiell stressed the importance of accelerating progress to respond to climate-related loss & damage, & support the urgent needs of countries most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. 1/2

UN Climate Change Simon Stiell UNFCCC's Simon Stiell highlighted the collective efforts needed to advance #ClimateAction in vulnerable developing countries through the Santiago network for loss & damage – co-hosted by UNOPS and UNDRR. 2/2

🔥🌲🚒 Could new technologies – like AI, satellite imaging and smart sensors – be the tools we need to counter the growing threat of wildfires? ➡️ ow.ly/WP8U50Tev5j

🆓 online training! 🍃Nature offers powerful ways to address the climate crisis and increase resilience to disasters. 🫵Learn how YOU can implement #NatureBasedSolutions with this free online certificate course by @PEDRR UN Environment Programme The SDG Academy ➡️Start now - ow.ly/HQPV50RAzKg

ARE YOU READY? REMINDER💡Join our live event with schoolteacher Russel Bacani and @GADRRES – sharing their experience of improving resilience for schools and students. 5 September, 10:30am CEST ➡️ ow.ly/T2kv50TeEEK

📢The AMHEWAS initiative is safeguarding lives and livelihoods across Africa. Discover how the African Union is working to improve disaster preparedness, boosting early warning systems to take action before disasters strike.🚨 #EarlyWarningsForAll

Hazards cannot always be prevented 🏚 But through diligent preparation, we CAN reduce the impact 🏠 Find out how we can #StopTheSpiral in UNDRR’s #GAR2022 Report! 👉 ow.ly/cRCR50TfpAM

📢 “What we are delivering under the Early Warnings for All initiative can protect and save vulnerable communities from the worst impacts,” said António Guterres Explore the 2023 #EarlyWarningsForAll report 👉ow.ly/SzmP50TfpR3

The cost-benefit of investing in prevention and resilience has been repeatedly demonstrated. Yet, investments in #DRR continue to remain low for the world’s most vulnerable countries. Findings of the #SendaiFramework Midterm Review ➡️ ow.ly/X6WJ50Tfq0J #ResilienceForAll