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The World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025 Campaign is dedicated to advancing tsunami resilience through alignment with the Tsunami Ready Programme, a global initiative aimed at strengthening community resilience through awareness and preparedness strategies.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Conference Report Fifth World Tsunami Museum Conference
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This is a conference report of the Fifth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC5) which was held on 14 October 2024 during the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR 2024) in the Philippines.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Philippines - government
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This child-friendly booklet is for kids who are 6-12 years old to. It generates tsunami awareness among children through animated characters and simple but strong messages.

COPE Disaster Champions
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Empowering the next generation with the lessons of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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The purpose of World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) is to raise awareness about reducing tsunami-related risks and enhance community preparedness.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Building on the previous World Tsunami Museum Conferences, the Fourth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC4) was held at the International Research Institute for Disaster Science in Tohoku University in City of Sendai, Japan, on 15 December 2022.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University 東北大学 災害科学国際研究所
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Tsunami News 2021
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In this edition of Tsunami News, we explore examples of how governments and organizations around the world are increasing their levels of cooperation.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Standard guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme
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This document presents the Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme - an international performance-based community recognition pilot to reduce tsunami-related risks to individuals and communities.

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Regional cooperation is rising, systemic governance is center stage and businesses are taking an important role in disaster risk reduction — vital steps towards the ultimate goal of saving lives and livelihoods.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Durie, the ‘Tsunami’ Teacher is the first of 'Tsunami Story Books', a series of illustrated real-life stories from the Asia-Pacific for children.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Japan - government