10th May 2016

Resilience Won’t Be Achieved Without Sustained Investment

China was the most disaster-affected country in 2014, with drought, storms and flooding affecting more than 58 million people and economic damages of 23.17 billion US […]
9th February 2016

Meeting: Stakeholders Working Together for a Data Revolution in Kenya

The first National Forum on Harnessing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, or “Data Forum” as it has come to be known, was held at the […]
12th January 2016

Building Resilience Through Better Coordination: Lessons From Boston & Surat

Over the past few weeks, we have explored key elements of Resilience in Disaster Risk Reduction. The vital role played by data and information was the first in this […]
21st December 2015
A poor neighbourhood shows the damage after an earthquake measuring 7 plus on the Richter scale rocked Port au Prince Haiti just before 5 pm, January 12, 2009.

Interdependence: An Imperative Consideration for Better Data Coordination in Resilience Building

  “Because everything is interconnected-a massive system of systems-a single disruption often triggers another, which exacerbates the effects of the first, so that the original shock […]
3rd December 2015

Making Resilience Real in Africa

According to the World Bank, the African continent is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world. However in the same breath, United […]
10th November 2015
Participants at a workshop on Resilience organised by African Media Initiative with support from Rockefeller Foundation

We Need Data for Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience

It was the winter of 1997-1998 when the granddaddy of El Niños — the one by which all other El Niños are judged — vaulted this […]