United Nations University - EHS 57d ago

Disaster risks are increasing, but so are the solutions. 📚🌍 In this video, Jelke from UNU-EHS shares 5 recommended reads for anyone looking for science-driven pathways to resilience, including interconnected risks, nature-based solutions, drought, mountain resilience and risk finance that helps people recover faster and more fairly. Recommended reads in this video: 1. Interconnected Disaster Risks: Turning Over a New Leaf A flagship UNU-EHS report on why risks are connected and what fundamental shifts can reduce them, including rethinking waste, realigning with nature, reconsidering responsibility, reimagining the future, and redefining value. 2. Nature-based Solutions for Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management Toolkit A practical toolkit linking the Sendai Framework and the Paris Agreement, with tools to compile local knowledge, map policy gaps, select interventions, engage stakeholders and learn from success stories. 3. World Drought Atlas A deep dive into drought as a systemic risk that ripples through water, food, energy, ecosystems and transport, with models and case studies that help turn knowledge into action. 4. Safeguarding Mountain Socioecological Systems: Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide An overview of mountain risks and resilience, bringing together scientific insights, sustainable development efforts and ways to connect research with implementation on the ground. 5. Social Protection, Risk Finance and Insurance A policy note on integrating climate and disaster risk finance and insurance into social protection systems so that support can reach people quickly and inclusively when disasters strike. Watch the video and read the full article: https://unu.edu/ehs/article/5-recommended-reads-disaster-risk-reduction Subscribe for more evidence-based explainers from UNU-EHS.