International Recovery Platform

25/05/2026

The Asia and Pacific region has experienced an increasing frequency and intensity in disasters in recent years, with far-reaching social, economic, and development consequences.

In 2023, the Asian Development Bank Institute published Navigating Resilient Post-Disaster Recovery in Asia and the Pacific, a book which explores the complex challenges and opportunities in disaster recovery for the region.

Exploring sustainable post-disaster reconstruction literature, country experiences, and tools and mechanisms for rebuilding, the book offers lessons in inclusive and sustainable recovery.

🏡Read Navigating Resilient Post-Disaster Recovery in Asia and the Pacific here: https://buff.ly/3f4UBtG

23/05/2026

Prolonged conflict and crises in Sudan have highlighted the need for comprehensive responses which address not only immediate needs, but also long-term solutions that create the conditions for peace and development.

Housing, land, and property (HLP) issues are a crucial part of response and recovery. In conflict settings like Sudan, HLP issues include the destruction of homes, access to housing and land for displaced people, disputes over land and resources, forced evictions, secondary occupation, land grabbing, and tenure insecurity.

The Norwegian Refugee Council have developed a guide for integrating housing, land, and property into the rebuilding of Sudan. In both the current emergency situation and any future transition towards reconstruction, HLP issues must be considered at every stage to ensure long-lasting peace.

🏡Read the Norwegian Refugee Council guide here: https://buff.ly/hik0gog

22/05/2026

The ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in massive damage to building stock, with reconstruction costs already estimated at more than USD 80 billion by 2024.

Reconstruction offers an opportunity to ensure sustainable and energy-efficient rebuilding to strengthen the national energy system by boosting energy security and independence, reducing energy poverty, and improving quality of life.

Buildings Performance Institute Europe have set out six investment criteria to guide the sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine’s building stock. The criteria guide investments towards projects that consider minimum energy efficiency requirements, improve building energy performance, support climate change adaptation, and address material circularity, emphasising that buildings damaged by the war should not be exempt from these requirements.

🌿Read more about the six investment criteria to guide the sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine’s building stock here: https://buff.ly/L8Bl8a7

21/05/2026

Disasters do not affect everyone in the same way. Different people experience risk differently, with older adults, people with disabilities, migrants, women, and marginalised communities often experiencing greater harm than others.

Recovery efforts are fairer and more effective when they include the needs, knowledge, and participation of all groups within a community. Promoting inclusion is therefore crucial for a comprehensive recovery which addresses the root causes of vulnerability and builds long-term resilience.

The International Recovery Platform maintains a collection of more than 200 documents, publications, and reports on inclusion for disaster recovery.

➡️Explore the collection: https://buff.ly/3rPm9oo

Inclusion

15/05/2026

Lebanon has experienced compounding crises over the past several years, with pre-existing economic fragility resulting in increased disaster vulnerability. A combination of long-term chronic macroeconomic imbalances, political inaction, and mismanagement of public funds have generated high levels of inequality, poverty, and public service decline.

The August 2020 explosion in Beirut exacerbated many of the drivers of fragility in Lebanon, but government response was limited. To facilitate recovery and reconstruction while reactivating reforms to address the drivers of fragility in the country, the European Union, the United Nations, and the World Bank organised an innovative institutional platform – the Reform, Recovery, and Reconstruction Framework (3RF).

The 3RF is a unique governance platform which links the provision of investments in Lebanon with reform results so that nonhumanitarian assistance received through national institutions is conditional on the implementation of reform.

➡️Read more about the lessons Lebanon has learned for recovery governance through its Reform, Recovery, and Reconstruction Framework (3RF): https://buff.ly/YtNDMqg

This case study aims to present the lessons learned from Lebanon’s Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) as an example of developing post-disaster recovery governance structures in a context of FCV, specifically under compounded crises.

14/05/2026

Across EU Member States, drought, wildfire, and extreme heat events have already impacted the health and livelihoods of millions, and this is predicted to worsen with the growing effects of climate change, placing additional pressure on public and disaster risk financing systems.

These risks exist alongside earthquakes, landslides, and storms, which are already managed largely through risk retention measures. Should a drought or wildfire happen in a year where a major earthquake or flood has already occurred, there may be little funding available at the EU level to respond and recover.

A report from the World Bank finds that more can be done at both the national and EU levels to promote DRF solutions and close funding gaps. This includes;

☀️ Developing DRF strategies for the EU and Member States,
☔ Introducing risk transfer instruments for the EU and promoting sovereign risk transfer instruments at the national level,
🔥 Increasing catastrophe household insurance and public asset insurance within Member States.

➡️Read the case for pre-positioned disaster financing for the EU here: https://buff.ly/Q1Mga3E

This report aims to inform discussions on the development of effective national and regional risk financing mechanisms by identifying funding gaps for wildfire and drought response.

12/05/2026

Catastrophic disasters are rare, making them difficult to envision and to plan for. Scenarios are key tools which enable people, communities, planners, businesses, and governments to understand what may happen during a realistic disaster situation and make informed plans to limit harm and reduce damage.

To ensure that planners and decision makers can get the most out of scenarios, USAID and GeoHazards International have published guidance to help users orient geologic hazard scenarios towards policy and action for risk mitigation, with a focus on people-centred approaches in low-resource international contexts.

The guidance details a workflow for designing and running a scenario exercise, including funding, engaging a diverse team, selecting the hazard event, using the scenario to find collaborative solutions, and disseminating and implementing scenario findings.

➡️ Read the scenario guidance booklet here: https://buff.ly/pB48kDv

Based on research of past scenario efforts as well as emerging approaches, this guidance is designed to help practitioners develop “next generation” scenarios that motivate policy development and action to mitigate risk.

11/05/2026

Disaster recovery frameworks are structured policy systems which guide how a government plans, coordinates, finances, and implements recovery after a disaster.

Frameworks help to articulate a vision for recovery by defining strategies, prioritising inclusive and transparent processes which ensure multi-stakeholder participation, and ensure that recovery is integrated into broader development and sustainability plans.

The International Recovery Platform maintains the largest collection of disaster recovery frameworks from around the world to facilitate cross-country learning.

➡️Explore the IRP’s collection of disaster recovery frameworks: https://buff.ly/GIb7R20

Overview Guidance for Disaster Recovery Post-Disaster Needs Assessments Overview About PDNA Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA) COVID-19 Recovery Needs Assessment (CRNA) Disaster Recovery Framework Themes in Recovery Overview Capacity Development Climate Change Community based DRR Critical infras...

09/05/2026

Post Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNAs) are government-led exercises which pull together information on disaster impacts from across sectors, cross-cutting themes, and perspectives into one comprehensive report.

PDNA encompass two primary areas - the valuation of physical damages and economic losses, and the identification of human recovery needs.

The International Recovery Platform hosts the largest collection of PDNAs from disasters around the world, turning individual country experiences into a shared global resources to support knowledge sharing.

➡️ Explore the collection of Post-Disaster Needs Assessments: https://buff.ly/MJwp8h2

A Post-Disaster Needs Assessment and Recovery Framework (PDNA/RF) together comprise an approach to harmonize the assessment, analysis and prioritization of damages, losses and needs by a range of stakeholders (United Nations agencies and programmes, the World Bank, donors, non-governmental organizat...

09/05/2026

Cities face increasingly complex and cascading disasters and challenges including economic recession, food and energy insecurity, supply chain disruptions, and worstening health and safety conditions.

The city of Hiroshima emerged from total destruction over seven decades ago and provides valuable lessons in post-disaster reconstruction and long-term urban regeneration and development. At every stage of recovery, Hiroshima has had to address the changing needs of its citizens with limited resources.

Key lessons from Hiroshima include the need for effective prioritisation of key issues, the need for diverse sources of financing and strong and persistant political will, and early planning with a vision for the future.

➡️ Explore key lessons from the reconstruction of Hiroshima: https://buff.ly/2NAQoWG

This report examines multiple urban crises and their responses, using Hiroshima, which suffered tremendous damage from the atomic bombing at the end of World War II, as a case study.