The Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter provides the latest developments, research, and information on events about data in support of the Sendai Framework. The December 2020 edition features TReNDS' new brief on COVID-19 data and sunset clauses, along with news on the UN Habitat's World Cities Report, WHO Technical Guidance Notes on the Sendai Framework, and more.
Read MoreThe December 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on the recent Data For Now inception workshop in Rwanda, NASA space data, the importance of satellite data for emergency responders, and more.
Read MoreThe August 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on a new working group to develop new hazard definitions and classifications, the value of administrative data, and more.
Read MoreThe July 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on guidelines for assessing the human impact of disasters, the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments and Analysis Report 2019, and more.
Read MoreThe June 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on a call to raise the ambition of the Sendai Framework, investments in ecosystem-based solutions for disaster prevention, and more.
Read MoreThe May 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on WHO’s first guidelines on digital health interventions, data science competitions, the United States’ National Volcano Warning System, and more.
Read MoreThe April 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes news on free open data to aid in tackling El Niño, strengthening Mozambique’s resilience to natural disaster, and more.
Read MoreThe March 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes information on the 50th UN Statistical Commission, news on Indonesia’s efforts to integrate flood forecasting into its meteorological early warning system, and more.
Read MoreThe February 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter includes a call for contributions for TReNDS’ Contracts for Data Collaboration project, how to derive value from geospatial information, and more.
Read MoreTReNDS member Virginia Murray is the Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction for Public Health England, as well as a co-chair or member of various disaster risk management committees and research networks.
Read MoreThe December 2018/January 2019 edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter covers big data strategies to address social need, the World Bank Open Data Toolkit, and more.
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