The World Risk Poll, which surveyed 143,000 people across 140 countries, found North Africa up five points and Southern Africa up four, driven by expanding internet access and household preparedness. Yet 220 million people affected by disasters in the past five years received no warning. #DisasterResilience #AfricaProgress #EmergencyPreparedness
Extreme weather in the Pacific makes accurate information a matter of survival. 📻🌀 @UNESCO is helping newsrooms in Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu strengthen disaster resilience and climate reporting. See the impact: https://t.co/sx7fmM877c https://t.co/pEIp9sPd5o #ExtremeWeather #DisasterResilience #ClimateReporting #PG #WS #VU
🇲🇬 When Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar, local radio became a lifeline. @UNESCO is helping strengthen resilient local media so communities have trusted, life-saving information before, during and after disasters. 📻🌍 Learn more👉 https://t.co/kUFqk7clGi @Mada_UNESCO https://t.co/rDhDDJtx4N #CycloneGezani #LocalMedia #DisasterResilience #MG
Earthquakes are inevitable, but the devastation they cause does not have to be. With intention & forethought, we can build safer towns & cities, however hard the ground shakes. Let us honour the victims by investing in disaster resilience. #EarthquakePreparedness #DisasterResilience #SafetyFirst
