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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was born out of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-2000. It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. The GAR notes that "we all live in communities".

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. million lives, affecting 4.2 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”.