Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative for the Caribbean

Overview

Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Our regional office provides support to actors throughout the region, including North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, fostering a culture of disaster prevention and building disaster resilient nations and communities.

VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP23)

https://rp-americas.undrr.org/ regionalplatform

Regional Assessment Report (RAR 2021)

DRR and COVID -19 in the Americas and the Caribbean

Business resilience - English subtitles

Latin American and Caribbean Network of Women for Disaster Risk Reduction

Red de América Latina y el Caribe de mujeres para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres

Highlights

Features

Including multiple hazards in early warning systems

Features

Disaster prevention in the Caribbean: a buoy for the future

Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean

Press Releases

Barbados to host the world’s first regional launch of the United Nations Early Warnings for All Initiative

Updates

Science and technology: central themes on the agenda of RP23

Upcoming Events

Disasters Are Not Natural - Art Exhibition

15 May 2023 - 3 July 2023

Caribbean regional workshop on integrated disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation planning

11 July 2023 - 12 July 2023

Latest publications

Cities becoming more resilient in Americas and the Caribbean

These statistics show live data about municipalities in this region that have joined the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative. The villages, towns, and cities have made a commitment to move along the resilience roadmap to better protect their citizens. Dozens of cities in Brazil alone have joined, covering a large part of the country's population.

UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean
Calle Luis Bonilla, 112
City of Knowledge
Clayton
Ancon
0843-03441
Panama City, Panama

Phone: +507 317 1120

Countries

Country	Sendai Focal Point	National Platform	Country profile on PreventionWeb
Antigua and Barbuda	National Office of Disaster Services		Country profile
Argentina	Comisión Cascos Blancos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Ministerio de Seguridad Nacional .Secretaria de Protección Civil , Comisión Cascos Blancos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Secretaria de Articulaci		Country profile
Bahamas	National Emergency Management Agency (Bahamas)		Country profile
Barbados	Department of Emergency Management		Country profile
Belize	National Emergency Management Organization		Country profile
Bolivia	Viceministerio de Defensa Civil, Viceministerio de Defensa Civil		Country profile
Brazil	Secretaria Nacional de Defesa Civil, Ministério da Integração Nacional, Secretaria Nacional de Prote, Ministerio de Integración Nacional, Secretaria Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil (SEDEC)		Country profile
Canada	Public Safety Canada, Public Safety Canada	Canada National Platform	Country profile
Chile	Oficina Nacional de Emergencia, Oficina Nacional de Emergencia	Chile National Platform	Country profile
Colombia	Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres		Country profile
Costa Rica	Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias, Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias		Country profile
Cuba	Estado Mayor Nacional de la Defensa Civil de Cuba		Country profile
Dominica	Office of Disaster Management		Country profile
Dominican Republic	Presidencia de la Rep, Defensa civil	Dominican Republic National Platform	Country profile
Ecuador	Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos, Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Emergencias		Country profile
El Salvador	Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres, Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres		Country profile
Grenada	National Disaster Management Agency		Country profile
Guatemala	Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres, Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres		Country profile
Guyana	Civil Defense Commission		Country profile
Haiti	Direction de la Protection Civile (Haiti)		Country profile
Honduras	Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO)		Country profile
Jamaica	Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management		Country profile
Mexico	Coordinacion Nacional de Proteccion Civil		Country profile
Nicaragua	Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres	Nicaragua National Platform	Country profile
Panama	Sistema Nacional de Proteccion Civil (Panama), Sistema Nacional de Proteccion Civil (Panama)		Country profile
Paraguay	Ministro de la Secretar, Ministro de la Secretar	Paraguay National Platform	Country profile
Peru	Secretaría de Gestión Pública de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros, Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros	Peru National Platform	Country profile
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Emergency Management Agency (Saint Kitts and Nevis), National Emergency Management Agency (Saint Kitts and Nevis)		Country profile
Saint Lucia	National Emergency Management Organisation, National Emergency Management Organisation		Country profile
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	National Emergency Management Office (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)		Country profile
Suriname	National Coordination Center For Disaster Relief		Country profile
Trinidad and Tobago	Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management, the, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM)		Country profile
United States of America	Department of the Interior		Country profile
Uruguay	Sistema Nacional de Emergencias, Sistema Nacional de Emergencias		Country profile
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of	Viceministerio de Gesti		Country profile

News and events

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UNDRR Regional Office

Press Releases

1 February 2023

Barbados to host the world’s first regional launch of the United Nations Early Warnings for All Initiative

The “Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean” aims to drive coordinated political action towards strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean World Meteorological Organization United Nations Resident Coordinator Offices for the Caribbean States Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Barbados - government

Updates

28 December 2022

Science and technology: central themes on the agenda of RP23

The agenda features 37 sessions, including 4 high-level sessions, 8 parallel sessions, 2 special sessions, 8 learning labs and 15 side events.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Uruguay - government

Engaging persons with disabilities on local disaster resilience planning

Updates

14 December 2022

New tool provides pathway for inclusion

A new MCR2030 tool enables local governments to design, formulate, and implement disaster resilience strategies that are more inclusive of the perspectives and capacities of persons with disabilities

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)

Features

17 November 2022

Climate resilience: an investment not a cost

Severe storms and flooding almost 20 years ago proved a turning point for Campinas. Since then, the Brazilian city has emerged as a global leader of climate resilient urban development

Presentan guía de innovación del sector privado para reducción del riesgo de desastres en El Salvador

Updates

9 November 2022

Private sector innovation guide for disaster risk reduction presented in El Salvador

The guide was commissioned by UNDRR and developed in collaboration between the TRANSFORM project of the University of Waterloo, Canada, with ARISE networks in Central America and twenty companies in the region who provided input to the document.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Features

3 November 2022

Mexico City focuses on solutions and scale

Mexico City has built a comprehensive risk governance system enabling it to scale up climate resilience action across the metropolitan area

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction Federal District of Mexico City

Updates

21 October 2022

UNDRR decorated by the government of Brazil

Brazil is one of the countries in the region with highest investment rates in research and development in terms of disaster risk reduction.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Features

13 October 2022

The Caribbean is at the forefront of early warning systems

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all countries to achieve 100 per cent coverage of their populations by early warning systems within the next five years.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Updates

12 October 2022

Open registration for RP23

The launch of the RP23 marked the start of the 5th Risk Reduction Week, in commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Sistema Nacional de Emergencias

Regional Early Warning Systems Consortium (REWSC) Meeting

Press Releases

12 September 2022

The Caribbean consolidates its partnership for advancing multi hazard early warning systems in the region

The REWSC is an excellent study case of governance mechanisms on how regional and global organizations coordinate actions aiming to increase the efficiency of EWS with a multi-hazard approach in the context of systemic risk and complexity.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative

Publications

Documents and publications

Working papers

A holistic approach to assess the systemic resilience of critical infrastructures: Insights from the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin in the aftermath of hurricane Irma

This study delves into multilateral and systemic disruption of critical infrastructure (CI) networks to assess the systemic resilience of CI “network-of-networks”.

Documents and publications

Working papers

Intersectoral research and multi-risk approaches in Québec: Systemic risk management and its psychosocial consequences

This contributing paper examines the complexity and challenges associated with climate change and systemic risks, presents some systemic frameworks of mental health determinants, and provides an overview of the types of psychosocial impacts of disasters

Documents and publications

Working papers

Understanding COVID-19 public health outcomes as a function of systemic risks and community resilience: A socio-technical assessment framework to inform governance strategies on social vulnerability, workforce exposure, and resource accessibility

This paper summarises the Argonne National Laboratory research team’s efforts in conducting these assessments to support local public health interventions in the City of Chicago, and the potential applications for communities throughout the world.

Documents and publications

Working papers

Addressing the interplay of the Sendai Framework with Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: Moving forward or going backwards?

This contributing paper addresses the analysis of progresses between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) agendas in LAC and its complementary features.

Documents and publications

Working papers

Economic Consequences Assessment Model (ECAM): A tool & methodology for measuring indirect economic effects

The contributing paper explains how indirect economic impacts are computed, the necessary input data, and includes example applications for a hypothetical multi-dam breach, a hypothetical earthquake, and a hypothetical hurricane in the Caribbean.

Documents and publications

UNDRR ROAMC: Annual Progress Report 2021

Key achievements across the region Americas and the Caribbean.

Documents and publications

UNDRR ROAMC: RP21 Proceedings

The VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean was held under the theme “Building resilient economies in the Americas and the Caribbean”.

Documents and publications

Towards gender equality and women’s leadership for resilience to disaster risks in Latin America and the Caribbean

This reference document was developed in preparation for the 66th period of sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

Key Recommendations for a Strengthened Science and Technology

Documents and publications

Key recommendations for a strengthened use of science and technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean

This publication presents findings regarding the effect and significant role of scientific and technological research on strengthening the implementation and formulation of sound disaster risk reduction policies.

Policies and plans

Ministerial declaration: Fourth high-level meeting of ministers and authorities on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in the Americas and the Caribbean

Under the theme of 'Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean', the ministers and heads of delegation gathered at the fourth high-level meeting of ministers and authorities put forward this declaration.