Glossary

Annual Report

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A Year in Review is the Centre’s first published annual report. It details our progress and the challenges we’ve encountered, and showcases our impact.

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Vulnerability

Conditions that increase how severely people or communities are affected by hazards.

Contingent liabilities

Possible financial obligations that only become real if specific future events occur.

Total crisis financing

Development funding focused mainly on crisis prevention, preparedness and response activities.

Residual risk

The disaster risk that remains in unmanaged form, even when effective disaster risk reduction measures are in place, and for which emergency response and recovery capacities must be maintained (UNDRR 2026).

Official development assistance (ODA)

Public aid supporting development and welfare in eligible countries, usually on concessional terms.

Early warning system

Systems that monitor hazards and share information early, so people can act in time.