Bangladesh

The Hon. Saber Chowdhury, Member of Parliament of Bangladesh, spoke on the need to increase investment in disaster prevention at the Asia-Pacific Partnership Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Brisbane, Australia on 12 November.
Bangladesh declared climate change to be a “planetary emergency” and called on the world to work “on a war footing” to combat it and reduce its impacts.
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UNDRR is supporting the Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) maintain and protect their development gains by strengthening their ability to develop, implement and monitor coherent disaster risk reduction strategies.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Under the ‘Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient’ project, an analysis of Dhaka North City Corporation's resilience revealed issues around governance, scaling of interventions, social connectivity and community-based DRR, among other topics.
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(L-R): Saber Hossain, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh; Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank; Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland; Mami Mizutori, SRSG for DRR; Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union; and Dolores Devesi, OXFAM, Solomon Islands
The promotion of women's leadership was credited yesterday for the significant drop in disaster mortality in Bangladesh during a Special Session at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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The Indian Meteorology Department started tracking cyclone Foni days before it made landfall
Early warnings saved lives when Cyclone Fani hit the Indian state of Odisha but there are lessons to be learned on resilient infrastructure as a result of the widespread damage caused by the category 4 storm.
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Early warning and early action saved thousands when Cyclone Mora struck Bangladesh in 2017 (Source: IFRC)
Events such as last year's deadly Sulawesi tsunami in Indonesia underline the importance of communication and outreach to vulnerable populations.
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(from left): At the Making Cities Resilient event, Sundui Batbold, the Mayor and Governor of Ulaanbaatar, Beate Trankmann, UN Resident Coordinator, and Sanjaya Bhatia, UNISDR Making Cities Resilient Campaign
Breaking news at the Asian Ministerial on DRR is that all Bangladesh's 329 municipalities have joined UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign.
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Heavy rains in Somalia, coupled with disputes between clans, resulted in over four thousand IDPs seeking shelter in 2012. AU UN IST Photo / Tobin Jones
Research findings released today on International Day for Disaster Reduction forecast a continued rise in homelessness among people in the world’s most disaster prone countries unless significant progress is made in managing disaster risk.
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UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed interacts with Lanieta Tuimabu, a board member of the Pacific Disability Forum, thousands of kilometres away thanks to the telepresence robot. (Photo: Catherine Naughton)
It may look like a gadget to many but this robot (pictured left) is a shining example of inclusive technology for disaster risk reduction.
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Women must be at the heart of the disaster risk reduction process, or efforts to curb the impacts of hazards will go awry, experts say(Photo: Warren Antiola)
Efforts to curb the threats posed by natural and human-induced hazards will go off track if they keep women and girls out of the picture, experts told Europe’s top disaster risk forum today.
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