Angola

Editor-in-chief, Prof. Rajib Shaw (left) with Panellists at the Science&Policy Forum at the launch the new journal Progress in Disaster Science
It was a rich first day of discussion at the Science&Policy Forum in the lead up to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which opens on Wednesday.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Head of UNDRR, Mami Mizutori, and WMO Secretary-General, Petteri Taalas, briefing media organizations today
World media outlets came together in Geneva to discuss their role in helping to reduce disaster losses and educating the public.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
The inaugural Pacific Resilience Meeting has closed with a call to pursue two critical pathways towards resilient and sustainable development in an era of increasing impact from climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
Delegates at the Making Cities Resilient workshop visit a waste management plant in Incheon, Republic of Korea (c) UNISDR/Tejas Patnaik
Representatives from twenty cities in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign met in Incheon in the Republic of Korea recently to share their experience and progress towards disaster risk planning.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Organizations working on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) have started to log their voluntary commitments in support of the Sendai Framework - the global roadmap for reducing disaster losses by 2030 - in a new online platform. More than 50 users have registered in the first few weeks of operation. In addition, the platform has already received the first submissions of voluntary commitments by organizations working in DRR. In close coordination with these organizations, UNISDR reviews the submissions before publishing them in the platform.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
This Angola country risk profile provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.
UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, has welcomed the Paris Agreement Work Programme produced at the COP24 in Katowice, Poland, and hopes it will encourage greater alignment between national action plans on climate change and national strategies for disaster risk reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Kirsi Madi, Director of UNISDR (second from left) launches the Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism
UNISDR launches a new partnership engagement mechanism to encourage cohesive and inclusive stakeholder support to implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Nominations for the 2019 Sasakawa Award are now open.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Tsunami Awareness Day is an opportunity to emphasize the importance of disaster prevention and preparedness, says UN Secretary-General.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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