IRMA undertook a comprehensive review of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s main risk assessment methodology – the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA). Through an extensive literature review and a global consultation process, IRMA produced a new strategy to relaunch VCA as a multi-sectorial community-led approach to risk assessment, adaptable to any context. The strategy includes enhancements to the methodology itself, an internal and external social marketing campaign, and recommendations for technological innovation.
Disaster Waste Management in the Caribbean, for UN Environment
Disaster risk in the Caribbean is among the highest in the world. Each year, an average of six tropical storms become hurricanes in the Caribbean (NOAA 2019). With climate change, more frequent and stronger hurricanes are expected. Floods, earthquakes and
