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Virtual Dialogue of the Americas and the Caribbean against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Towards Integrated Management in Disaster Risk Reduction

In order to promote the exchange of experiences and a coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives of the governing bodies for disaster risk management (DRM) of different countries in the Americas and Caribbean region met on April 14

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Intercambio de aprendizajes entre ciudades de la Campaña Mundial “Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: ¡Mi ciudad se está preparando!"

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Departamento de Defesa Civil de Campinas
Coordenadoria Estadual de Defesa Civil, Governo do Estado de São Paulo
Campinas
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Experience Sharing Workshop: Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient

European Commission
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Incheon
Group photo of participants at the 2nd World Tsunami Museum Conference
Updates

Tsunami Museums meet in Japan

Japan hosted the 2nd World Tsunami Museum Conference which attracted 156 participants from 17 countries to help raise awareness of tsunami risk.
Hurricane Mitch at peak intensity on October 26, 1998 at 19:15 UTC. At the time, it was a Category 5 hurricane. (Credit: NOAA/NASA Satellite image)
Updates

DRR before and after Hurricane Mitch

The Americas Regional Platform had a wide-ranging discussion on the development of disaster risk reduction in Central America since Hurricane Mitch twenty years ago.
Documents and publications
Working papers

Tracking public investments for disaster reduction and recovery

This working paper analyses the objectives and rationale of tracking public investments on disaster risk reduction (DRR). The document also looks into the methodologies adopted for tracking public investments for various cross-cutting issues and reviews

The annual International Recovery Forum took place in Kobe, Japan
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Building back better with Sendai

The International Recovery Platform was established after the 2nd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2005 to support implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. The Sendai Framework has given it a new lease of life with a focus on sharing experience and lessons associated with build-back-better.
A gathering at the seek bank in El Solis, Guatemala. The community deploys local knowledge of biodiversity to reduce disaster risk and supports International Day for Disaster Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
Updates

Banking seeds in a brutal climate

The tiny community of El Solís in rural Guatemala is tapping into its local knowledge on biodiversity and maintaining a native seeds bank to help it cope with drought, food insecurity and climate change.
Documents and publications
Reports

Women’s leadership in risk-resilient development: good practices and lessons learned

This publication aims to shed some light on women’s capabilities to take leading roles in building disaster resilience. It features women as drivers of change in different socio-economic contexts, and under various gender conditions.

While the examples

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Curso Taller Internacional: Fortaleciendo el rol de los gobiernos locales para la gestión de riesgos de desastres y el cambio climático

Secretaria General Iberoamericana
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Global Water Partnership - Central America
Union Iberoamericana de Municipalistas
International Committee for the Development of People, the
Paz y Desarrollo
Ciudad Antigua