#ActNow

Since the year 2000, almost 1 million people have lost their lives to disasters caused by natural hazards. 2 billion people have been affected. 1 trillion dollars in damage was caused.
Every one dollar spent on preparing for disasters could save seven dollars in response. Yet, the international community is spending only 1% of aid on disaster preparedness.
We can't prevent disasters, but we can help prevent the human tragedies they cause. Join our campaign, #ActNow, Save Later!
www.actnowsavel...
Produced by:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
www.unocha.org/
Learn about OCHA's work on Emergency Preparedness: bit.ly/N0dFAJ
Play this disaster simulation game and learn how you can help prevent: www.stopdisaste...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
www.undp.org
Learn about UNDP's work in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Risk Management: on.undp.org/KT2j2D
Donate for Preparedness: donate.undp.org/
Essential steps you can take to prepare for disasters: on.undp.org/bes...
Animation by Ataboy
www.ataboystudi...
One dollar in prevention saves $7 in response:
• DFID Report citing figure (from Abramovitz 2001-See below):
webarchive.nati...
• Abramovitz paper
www.worldwatch.... (summary)
www.worldwatch.... (report) - page 7 and page 30 (citing: World Bank/U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cited in Twigg, op. cit. note 7; German T. Velasquez et al., "A New Approach to Disaster Mitigation and Planning in Mega-cities: The Pivotal Role of Social Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Management," in Takashi Inoguchi et al., eds., Cities and the Environment: New Approaches for Eco-Societies (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 1999), p. 162.
• Other sources:
• www.un.org/wcm/...
• siteresources.w...
• data.iucn.org/d...
• now.tufts.edu/a...
"Only 1% of the ODA is used for risk reduction":
Report by Global Humanitarian Assistance (p. 2-3 for details of international DRR funding):
www.globalhuman...

[@giobaez-lopez]

Freedom

[@nancybrown3484]

Is it okay to use this video in emergency preparedness presentations?

[@RajanIyerriyer]

JUST give it a thought.....
IMAGINE one million people killed, two billion effected and one trillion dollars lost in damages worldwide due to man-made disasters which could be prevented...A thought provoking video which must be watched by every self respected member from our society....
SAVE our ENVIRONMENT before it becomes too LATE....
LET us leave CLEAN and GREEN ENVIRONMENT for our future GENERATIONS..

[@hana-bb6hh]

+Rajan Iyerriyer its so sad, one million people killed, two billion effected and a trillion dollars lost imagine that, its not funny any more... people has to help... before its too late..

[@photochild1]

Really great music for this info cartoon!

[@PaulConneally66]

Where do the statistics in your video come from I don't see a source?

[@madsoyen]

Yes, Kabul was a swell place in 2001, but look now!

[@huuucnongnghiepiaphuong9170]

Tàng phá thiên nhiên là tội ác.

[@PawanChaudhray88]

Awesome

[@ramees3305]

Man made & Natural hazards
All nations must save personal decuments advance digitalise,licence, building agriments, certificats, educatinal, health, business decuments, job,importent personal decuments...
Goverments and personally must advance collect Personal decuments save Mobile App, or device... Natural disaster surviver life time this decuments re collect.. Other wise they not get relief... 💡

[@puk0o0ooo]

😟😟😟

[@Shirley-lock]

Where you you folks get off on all the propaganda... Get a real job and stop bilking the rest of us.

[@Shirley-lock]

Where do you fols fet off on all the propaganda. Get a job and stop bilking everyone.