Cristóbal Mena

Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation

Fostering community resilience and introducing adaptation initiatives to withstand and reduce the impacts of Climate Change are essential to sustain livelihoods. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Technical Advisor on Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Food Security for Latin America and the Caribbean. 2023-Today We are working with the NGO Catholic Relief Services to provide technical adviseContinue reading “Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation”

Guide to Manage Spontaneous Volunteers in Emergencies

Here’s a guide from Chile, in Spanish, on how to manage eficiently and safely the spontaneous volunteers that respond to a disaster.

News

Here we share news on our current projects and activities around the globe. Understanding Risk 2022. Florianopolis, Brazil. We participated in the Understanding Risk Global Forum organized by GFDRR during the last week of November as part of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Global Program of GFDRR and The World Bank. In this forum, weContinue reading “News”

Emergency Preparedness & Response

Building an efficient and effective capacity to respond to emergencies, but most importantly, to prepare and reduce disaster risk, is paramount for sustainable development. The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Emergency Preparedness & Response Global Program. 2022-Today We are working with the World Bank and GFDRR to supportContinue reading “Emergency Preparedness & Response”

Government Continuity Planning

We have extensive experience and deep knowledge of the best practices, standards, and regulations to ensure proper government continuity planning, particularly at the municipal and local levels. World Bank Thessaloniki Municipality Government Continuity Plan and Resilience Strategy 2016-2017. Thessaloniki has a rich history as a major hub of business and culture, from the Roman periodContinue reading “Government Continuity Planning”

World Food Programme Colombia

For six months we had the opportunity to work in the beautiful and challenging Colombia for the World Food Programme Country Office in Bogota. During this consultancy we: We would like to thank the Colombian WFP for trusting in us and giving us such a warm welcome!

Article at Apolitical.co

Here’s an article we wrote at Apolitical.co about why there are no natural disasters, the beyond-the-obvious benefits of investing in resilience to reduce disaster risk, and the importance of public servants to design public policies with a risk-informed lens.

Lessons to Learn After F27

Dear readers I’m sharing this article that I published on the LatAm Insurance Review March 2015. Lessons to learn after 27-F Earthquake I often hear the term “lessons learnt” as if the sole act of experiencing a disaster, suffices the whole learning process. I bring this to notice because after the 8.8 Richter earthquake that struckContinue reading “Lessons to Learn After F27”

Bomberos enfrenta un mayor riesgo de contraer ciertos tipos de cáncer

Hola! Quería compartir con ustedes un artículo que escribí el año 2010 sobre la incidencia de cáncer en bomberos y algunas medidas de prevención, el qué fue publicado en una iniciativa que tuvimos un grupo de amigos de hacer la primera revista online de bomberos en español, lamentablemente no prosperó. Bueno, acá les dejo elContinue reading “Bomberos enfrenta un mayor riesgo de contraer ciertos tipos de cáncer”