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Past disaster events

  • EM-DAT listing of disaster events in Sri Lanka
  • Disaster statistics from UN-ISDR and CRED
  • Risk country profile from Index for Risk Management 
  • Damage and losses statistics from Disaster Information Management Systems
  • Disaster response and management data from ReliefWeb

Government policies

  • HFA Progress Reports, government plans, and government statements and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper – http://www.unisdr.org/partners/countries/lka

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  • IFRC appeals and info bulletins for Sri Lanka

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Videos (2)

HFA Success Stories - Sri Lanka Early Warning System

HFA Success Stories - Sri Lanka Early Warning System

IDRL - Disasters in Asia: the case for legal preparedness (English)

IDRL - Disasters in Asia: the case for legal preparedness
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Case Studies (5)
Communicating Climate Change: A Practitioner's Guide
Climate & Development Knowledge Network's (CDKN) guide to communicating climate change offers tips for practitioners to effectively communicate climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on convincing people of the need for immediate action.  The guide's...
Disaster Response: DEWN - Dialog’s Disaster and Emergency Warning Network
On December 26th 2014, the tenth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Sri Lankan Mobile Network Operator Dialog unveiled version 2 of is Disaster and Emergency Warning Network; DEWN v2. Developed in the aftermath of the 2004 disaster, DEWN v1 utilised the growing mobile penetration rates in...
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society , IFRC - Working with Children for a Culture of Prepardeness
Insufficient knowledge on risks and risk reduction measures exposes communities to greater impact of hazards. Schools can play a major role in reducing the vulnerability of students and local communities. Educating school teachers and students on effective disaster pre­paredness and response...
Helping People to Cope with Changing Climates
Trincomalee district in eastern Sri Lanka was severely affected by the tsunami of 2004. Several years later, most people directly affected by the tsunami have been resettled. Yet many of them continue to face problems, one of which is a climate that is increasingly variable and extreme. Sri Lanka...
Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Sri Lanka: A Compendium of Good Practices
The compendium presents good practices of the community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach implemented under a Disaster Preparedness project in the North and East of Sri Lanka, supported by the Disaster Preparedness ECHO (DIPECHO). Learning drawn from the project can be replicated and...
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Asian Pacific Urban Resilience Hub - Resources
The Asian Pacific Urban Resilience Hub develops guidance material, case studies, and reports to help National Societies in the region to be prepared.  Find the latest resources in the following list: Building resilience in Asia and the Pacific (2010) The IFRC Road Map to community resilience (2017...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
The United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The GAR is published biennially by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and is the product of the contributions of...
WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2018
The World Metereological Organization (WMO) marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate, which was first issued in 1194. The 2019 edition treating data for 2018 marks sustained international efforts dedicated to reporting on, analysing and...
Communicating Climate Change: A Practitioner's Guide
Climate & Development Knowledge Network's (CDKN) guide to communicating climate change offers tips for practitioners to effectively communicate climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on convincing people of the need for immediate action.  The guide's...
Preparedness for Effective Response
Preparedness for Effective Response (PER) is a cyclical approach for a National Society (NS) to systematically assess, measure, and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of its response system in order to take remedial actions. The PER approach puts the National Society in the driver's seat to...
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