Mozambique

(From left) Jose Manuel Moisés, city councilor for institutional affairs and Beira city engineer, Augusto Manhoca, overlooking the canal which reduced the impact of the rains which hit Beira with Cyclone Idai in March, 2019
A textbook example from Mozambique of what happens when building back better does not work.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Women in a Mozambican resettlement camp raise their hands to indicate they had no warning that Cyclone Idai was about to strike
The experience of Cyclone Fani and Cyclone Idai could not have been more different. In one case, hundreds died and in the other, many lives were save by early warnings.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Classes continue in Beira after cyclone Idai in difficult conditions
Mozambique's experience of cyclone idai is a text book example of why we need to build to last, critical infrastructure such as safe schools.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
From left: Marim Faria e Maya, Tony Blair Institute: Mami Mizutori, UNDRR; Geoffrey White, CEO, Agility Africa; Francisco Pereira, Mozambican Reconstruction Authority
UNDRR chief Mami Mizutori took her advocacy messages to several key audiences in the Mozambican capital Maputo today
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
UNDRR chief, Mami Mizutori, with the head of Mozambique's disaster management agency, Augusta Maita, at a meeting of the country's National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNDRR chief Mami Mizturi applauds Mozambique's commitment to reducing disaster losses, on her first visit to the country which is recovering from back-to-back cyclones earlier this year.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
With Cyclone Idai devastating Mozambique, Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for DRR, writes in this op-ed that the country should build resilience to prepare for worsening extreme weather associated with climate change.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
At the opening of the World Reconstruction Conference (left to right) Mami Mizutori, UNDRR, Sameh Wahba, World Bank, Asaka Okai, UNDP and Carl Hallergard, EU Delegation to Geneva
Whether the discussion was on reconstruction, early warnings or science and policy, the challenge of inclusion in disaster risk reduction was a central theme in today's preparatory meetings for the 6th edition of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Cyclone Idai shows once more how the countries which contribute the least to climate change are the ones most affected by it. The levels of poverty in developing countries like Mozambique prevent them from investing significantly in resilient infrastructure and could hinder efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Washington Post, the

The Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient Action is a joint initiative of UNISDR, UN-Habitat and the European Commission aiming to improve the understanding of, and capacity to, address disaster risks and build resilience at the local level, including

/Robert Glasser speaking at the World Urban Forum Special Session on Restoring Hope
The opportunity to build back better is an opportunity not just to prevent loss of life but to restore a community's morale and to integrate disaster risk reduction measures into daily civil life, UNISDR head, Robert Glasser told a Special Session at the World Urban Forum yesterday.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

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