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Urgent action on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) needed to protect progress towards poverty reduction and ensure continued drop in mortality Report outlines major potential risks to human life and property, including climate change, air pollution,

Wildfires already affect millions of people, destroying livelihoods and killing more than 300,000 people a year but - with climate change - fires will pose an even greater threat to life, including wildlife, and property, states this year’s Global

Climate change is likely to make drought more destructive, pervasive, and frequent in the 21st century, threatening to destroy livelihoods, increase migration, and undermine the ability of states to provide the conditions necessary for human security,

Urban areas have become the front line for disaster risk reduction, linked to their intense concentration of people, activity, and assets, says this year’s Global Assessment Report (GAR19) on Disaster Risk Reduction. It urges cities to incorporate

Recent outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, and other infectious diseases have brought new urgency to the growing risk of biological hazards, says this year’s Global Assessment Report (GAR19) on Disaster Risk Reduction. The 21st century has witnessed major epidemics