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🌾 A warmer world is making crop failures harder to prevent. ♻️ As a changing climate puts pressure on food systems, farmers need integrated solutions that protect their crops while slowing the development of pesticide resistance. Read more ➡️

🌊 Are our preparedness plans designed for everyone who needs to use them? 🤝 In this #DRRvoices article, Vaitsis Koutsipetsidis shares practical approaches to inclusive preparedness. ➡️ #TsunamiDay #ResilienceStartsWithYou

💡 How do we finance disaster resilience before crises hit? 📚 This free, self-paced DRR Financing course helps you turn risk into action across 5 practical modules. 🎓 Free | Flexible | Certificate on completion Start learning ➡️

The world is heating up. And a hotter planet means more extreme weather and greater disaster risks. Reducing emissions and building resilience are needed like never before. ➡️ #OurResilientFuture

On World #TsunamiDay in Geneva, UNDRR & @JapanMissionGE explored innovations for tsunami readiness and policy solutions: 📱 Early warnings via mobile apps 🏙️ City-level innovation 🌊 Engineering coastal resilience We thank H.E. Oike Atsuyuki for hosting

🌊 A wave of preparedness stories is coming your way! Dive into this week's #TsunamiDay selection of 💡 innovations, 🌏 resilience stories and 🔬 research from #PreventionWeb. ➡️ 👣 Follow 👍 Like 🔔 Subscribe 🗨️ Comment

💡Surviving a #tsunami often comes down to 3 things you can learn now: 1️⃣ Be prepared 2️⃣ Recognize the signs: 🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍➡️ 🏃‍♂️‍➡️DON'T WAIT! EVACUATE! 3️⃣ Stay safe until the all-clear 🌊 5 Nov is #TsunamiDay. Be tsunami ready every day – #ResilienceStartsWithYou

🌐 A United Nations survey found that mis- and disinformation is seen as the biggest current global risk, followed by rising inequalities and geopolitical tensions. Unpack the United Nations Global Risk Report 2024 ➡️

Climate disasters are expensive. But prevention is an investment opportunity. Across cities, coasts and food systems, capital is already reducing climate risk, before costly crises strike. Discover 100 investment opportunities ➡️

⌛When a tsunami is coming, every second counts. Knowing what to do before, during, after a tsunami could save lives.💡 1️⃣ Be prepared! 2️⃣ Don’t wait, evacuate! 3️⃣ Stay safe until the all-clear! 🌊5 November is #TsunamiDay ➡️ #ResilienceStartsWithYou

RT @UNDRR_Africa: This #TsunamiDay we recognise the support of @MofaJapan_en 🇯🇵 in enabling stronger #DRR capacity for countries 💪🌍 Learn about our recent study tour in Japan with INGD 🇲🇿 and the lessons helping to build flood and tsunami resilience in Mozambique 🌊

In 2004, schoolgirl Tilly Smith saw tsunami warning signs on a Thai beach & helped save many lives. “A testament to the power of risk knowledge & personal preparedness,” says @UN DRR head Kamal Kishore on #TsunamiDay Be tsunami ready. #ResilienceStartsWithYou

🌪️ The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November, with significant risks for those in the hurricane belt. 📢 Here are 5️⃣ ways communities can prepare for hurricane season 👇 #EarlyWarningsForAll

Is our legacy for future generations a lifetime of more intense, more frequent heatwaves? What can be done? ✅Investment in extreme heat resilience ✅Context-specific adaptation ✅Prioritize high-benefit, low-cost interventions ➡️ #ResiliencePays

🌊 Could you point out your nearest tsunami evacuation route without looking it up? This World #TsunamiDay, 5 Nov, UNDRR and @UNESCO share three steps to help you prepare & act. 🏃‍♀️‍➡️Don't wait - evacuate! ➡️ #ResilienceStartsWithYou #TsunamiDay

“By working together we can be tsunami ready – and save lives whenever the waves strike.” — @UN Secretary-General António Guterres On this #TsunamiDay, Be tsunami ready: #ResilienceStartsWithYou ➡️

Almost every child on Earth is now exposed to at least one climate hazard. ⚠️ 🚸 We owe it to our children to reduce disaster risk to secure a resilient future for the next generation. ➡️ @UNICEF

🌊 If a tsunami hit, would you know how to evacuate? 5 November is #TsunamiDay. Our campaign is for resilience, starting with you 🫵 🚨 Know the signs 📝 Plan your route 🏃 Practice evacuating 🤝 Help others get to safety ➡️ #ResilienceStartsWithYou

🌊Tsunami! Tsunami! 💡Disaster risk lessons save lives! This young girl had learnt about tsunamis at school, & recognized the warning signs when the 2004 tsunami struck. Her actions to raise an alarm saved the lives of those on the beach.📢 #GetToHighGround #TsunamiDay

🌊 On 26 Dec 2004, a tsunami triggered one of the deadliest disasters of the 21st century. In its aftermath, the international community came together to increase resilience to natural hazards and reduce disaster risks. #TsunamiDay #EarlyWarningsForAll