Today we are at the pre-kick off meeting of a Belmont Forum-funded project on flood risk governance and urban resilience in the UK, Germany and Brazil with Warwick Urban Analytics Vangelis Pitidis Philipp A. Ulbrich #waterproofingdata

Mark Harvey kicks off the DARAJA Workshop (a #ukaidWISER urban resilience project) in Dar es Salaam. Met Office worldwide

Great collaboration in Dar es Salaam today between Tanzania Met Agency, Local City Media and Community Development Agencies in mapping the key media and social channels required to build the city’s early warning system. #ukaidWISER Met Office worldwide

By 2050 - if no action is taken - there will be 143 million internal #ClimateMigrants across these three regions: Sub-Saharan #Africa, #SouthAsia and #LatinAmerica → wrld.bg/H6dE30lLdNO #Groundswell

Planning fees, even with an increase of 20% recently, only cover 40% of overall running cost of development control services in England. Royal Town Planning Institute calling on Chancellor to allow councils to raise fees to cover 100% of planing admin costs. ow.ly/lZMq30m4WRV

By working with local partners Kounkuey [KDI] and CCI TZ to map information flows in settlements in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, we are able to leverage trusted channels to provide citizens with #climateinformation they trust and can act on #UKaidWISER #climateresilience #DARAJA

18 months on from the Grenfell tower fire, stars incl. #Stormzy, Adele, Mumford & Sons & @AkalaMusic have joined with Grenfell United, the survivors, & affected families in an appeal for national change. Help make a change at: support.grenfellunited.org 💚 #UnitedforGrenfell

“My favourite colour is red and red is for apples. I want to be a teacher just like mine,“ says six-year-old Manal. 🍎 She’s part of the first generation of children born in Za'atari Refugee Camp starting school this year. UNICEF Jordan - يونيسف الأردن #AChildIsAChild #ChildrenUprooted

Couldn't make it to #UR2018? Check out the conference proceedings from Mexico City hot off the press! wrld.bg/bHrB30mVc60. A treasure trove of insights on risk assessments, data modeling, disruptive tech and other key topics in #disaster risk identification & communication.

#sudan_cities_uprising Sudan protests: Police fire tear gas at football fans - bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

This smile! #ForEveryChild, a healthy start in life.

Violent conflict can significantly increase #disaster vulnerability and undermine disaster mitigation efforts. The #DRR-conflict interface: bit.ly/2nKtfJB

My colleagues @Amierasawas Gulnaz Dr Arrabella Fraser, NUHA ELTINAY are presenting at Planetary Security Initiative at the Hague. If you're there, look out for their panel as they discuss #Urbanization #ClimateSecurity #Gender dimensions from the vantage point of cities in the Global South

What are Arab cities struggling with? Increasing population, migration, huge changes in temperatures and also disasters like floods, says NUHA ELTINAY at Planetary Security🌍 conference #doable #climatesecurity

Great job ODI and Arab Urban Development Institute NUHA ELTINAY for projects in conflict-affected areas #DDR #IDDRR #sustainable_cities #resilience_cities #Habitat #SDGs

On #IDDR2019, listen to ODI’s three-part #podcast series that explores a new future for #DRR and how conflict is part of it: odi.org/disasters-conf… #DRRconflict

In #Lebanon, ODI Thomson Reuters Foundation followed people’s lived experiences of disasters in conflict contexts. Watch how people have been forced to cope with and respond to both risks: odi.org/disasters-conf… #DRRconflict

On #IDDR2019, don’t miss essential listening and reading from ODI on why #DRR in conflict contexts needs to rewrite a better future for affected people: odi.org/disasters-conf… #DRRconflict

Delegates from the Arab region working through unisdr Disaster #resilience scorecard for #cities with the help of our experts today at Digi Greenwich #urbanresilience unisdr_Arab