article thumbnail

A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Mami Mizotori, the Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) stated in the mid-term report of the Sendai Framework that "progress [in implementing the SFDRR] has stalled and, in some cases, reversed". Disaster risk reduction: a Japanese women's perspective on 3/11. 1] Domoto, A., Ohara and H.

article thumbnail

How to Mitigate the Effects of Floods on Your Supply Chain

everbridge

In 2011, when extreme flooding crippled factories in Thailand, the country’s central bank estimated that the supply-chain disruptions lowered Thailand’s GDP growth rate by 76 percent, dropping it from the forecasted 4.1 percent as a result of the floods, according to estimates by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.