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Study tour for disaster risk reduction

Within the Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities ”, UNDRR and CIMA Research Foundation organized a five-day Study Tour in Europe – namely Italy and Brussels - for members of

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The province of Potenza's #weResilient multiscale and multilevel holistic approach in downscaling local resilience and sustainable development: the case of the province of Potenza and its municipalities of Potenza and Pignola

The present work describes the experience of the Province of Potenza (an Italian local authority of subnational level) in accomplishing the recent UN global agreements goals and targets and in particular illustrates:

  • Progresses made in implementing
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A geo-hydro-mechanical approach to landslide hazard assessment and mitigation: a successful application in Southern Italy

Landslides are recognized as part of the geological hazards. They represent a variety of slope failure processes, which could be predisposed by hydrological, hydrogeological and mechanical slope features, or triggered by climatic events, along with

UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, addressing the closing ceremony today of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Rome Declaraton on DRR adopted

The Rome Declaration was adopted today at the close of the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction, spelling out the challenges facing the region.
GEM Secretay-General, John Schneider in conversation with UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, at the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Major award for GEM's work on earthquake risk

GEM, an initiative to improve understanding of earthquake risk has received a major award at the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction.
A High Level Roundtable convened today at the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Europe's concern over emerging risks

A High Level Roundtable raised concerns today about new and emerging risks at the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction in Rome.
The head of UNISDR, Mami Mizutori, and the Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, declare open the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Italy's PM: DRR 'fundamental for all governments'

The Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, delivered a ringing endorsement of the Sendai Framework today in his opening speech to the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, has invited European leaders to Rome for discussions on disaster risk.
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Italy to host European discussions on disaster losses

Italy will host the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Rome, in November.
Forest fires are a major concern for European scientists working on disaster risk.
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European scientists convene on disaster risk

A new European Science and Technology Advisory Group (E-STAG) convened this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, to focus on improving disaster risk knowledge in 55 countries across Europe and Central Asia.
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