UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate apnews.com/article/disast…

Our latest video shows how anticipatory action and impact-based forecasting saved lives in flood-struck Somalia. Discover how World Food Programme & partners helped at-risk communities prepare, to minimize impacts of the disaster. #AnticipatoryAction #EarlyWarningsForAll

❄️❄️ Do you know about the freezing cold weather disaster of the Mongolian steppe? Dzuds severely affects nomadic herder communities, depleting the livestock they depend on. 👇Learn how early warning and anticipatory action can help them build their resilience.

4️⃣ ways to make disaster warnings accessible to persons with disabilities: 📻 use multiple channels 🎧accessible formats 📲 test web & mobile accessibility 🤝 co-develop messages with #PwD More on inclusive #EarlyWarningsForAll ➡️ ow.ly/bPst50S9P1G #NothingWithoutUs

Have you noticed our videos include captions? This is to make the information accessible to all. If you don't need the captions, click CC to turn them off. If you do need captions, they could be lifeline. ♿ More on disability inclusion in DRR ➡️ ow.ly/mqSg50So791 #PwD

The last few days I've had issues with posting videos on Hootsuite Helpers (1) The SRT caption file won't load (facebook & twitter - I know LinkedIn doesn't do SRT) (2) I'm only offered 2 thumbnails - the first one, and then several repeats of the 2nd. Anyone else had this issue?

Journalists play a key role in helping educate people and political leaders about the real nature of disasters and their causes. Through its training, UNDRR supports media professionals to promote public consciousness of the crucial need for #DRR. 👉 ow.ly/OKgq50StRhe

🚨Small-scale disasters are a large-scale problem. 99% of disasters are small in scale but together cause more damage than big breaking-news disasters. Measuring the true costs of disasters helps manage risks, to #StopTheSpiral 🌀 into poverty. More ➡️ ow.ly/9HeY50StQPq

🌪️ 🌊🌧️ Is it a hurricane? A typhoon? A tropical cyclone? 📍It's all about location, location, location: 🌎 Hurricanes: N. Atlantic, central & eastern N. Pacific 🌏 Typhoons: NW Pacific. 🌍 Tropical Cyclone: S. Pacific & Indian Ocean #EarlyWarningsForAll

OMG. This is hysterical!

🌪️🚸For #DRRday – 13 October 2024 – we are calling for a world where children are taught about reducing disaster risk, where places of learning are places of safety. Are YOU ready to empower the next generation for a resilient future? ➡️ ow.ly/NBNW50THEoL #areYouReady24

🌊Tsunamis don't have to devastate! 🚨Early warnings, early action, and preparedness save lives. The #GetToHighGround campaign builds preparedness for tsunamis and other coastal hazards. 🗓️5 November is 🌐#TsunamiDay – #AreYouReady24? 🫵 ➡️ ow.ly/mNe950TXS27

5️⃣ways trees can help to protect us from floods 🌊🌲🌳: ☔Intercepting rainfall 🧼 Keeping rivers clean 🧽Absorbing and storing water like sponges 🏞️Reducing surface runoff 🚧Stopping floodwaters Discover how ➡️ ow.ly/aNAL50UinrQ #NatureBasedSolutions

20 years ago today, on 26 December 2004, the world experienced a devastating disaster when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck. "We must not forget the lessons of 2004," said SRSG Kamal Kishore. Read more here ➡️ ow.ly/vYxQ50Uw1tX #areYOUready24 #TsunamiDay #GetToHighGround

🌊 💡Disaster risk lessons save lives! This is how a young girl saved lives when a #tsunami hit Phuket in 20 years ago today! We must learn from past disasters to make a safer world for the coming generation! Are you ready? #GetToHighGround #AreYouReady24

🚨The world needs leadership on disaster risk like never before! 📉 Global emissions need to be reduced by 7%+ every year for the next 10 years to reduce worsening #ClimateEmergency risks. 🫵 Does YOUR leadership have what it takes? 👉 ow.ly/q66A50SWzYk

Hate speech and disinformation can spread quickly, both online & offline. We all have a part to play in stopping it in its tracks. Amplify facts, call out mis- and disinformation, and educate yourself & others to say #NoToHate. un.org/en/hate-speech

🤝 Trust is the magic ingredient in risk communication! In Kenya, distrust of weather forecasts put lives at risk, but training scientists & journalists to collaborate can build trust to protect & empower communities. 🎥 ➡️ ow.ly/FfKu50UIukk #EarlyWarningsForAll

"Global heating is racing forward — we cannot afford to move backward," G-G Guterres told World Economic Forum in Davos. 🇺🇳 ‍🌐"We need a surge in finance for climate action in developing countries, to adapt to global heating, slash emissions & seize the benefits of the renewables revolution.

#SDG4 calls for quality education - this means reducing risks so that disasters don't disrupt schooling, and educating children on #DRR for #OurResilientFuture. On #EducationDay we call for an empowered generation for a resilient future. ▶️ ow.ly/ylEM50UMjwa UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳