Events and meetings organized by UNDRR

UNDRR complements Member States’ efforts to implement the Sendai Framework through its continued support for an all-of-society multi-stakeholder approach. More specifically, UNDRR works with Member States to develop and implement their DRR strategies and DRR-related aspects of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks and Common Country Analyses.
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Nairobi
In person
1 December 2020 16:00 St. Louis / Victoria | 15:00 Nairobi / Addis Ababa | 14:00 Johannesburg / Maputo |13:00 Yaoundé / Abuja | 12:00 Abidjan / Dakar Interpretation: English, French, Portuguese Register here Background and context Our future is urban. By
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals have called for local governments to put in place disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies by 2020.
Meetings and conferences
Nairobi
In person
UNDRR, African Union Commission, and CIMA webinar series: Using risk information and disaster risk profiles to inform DRR and decision making: the road map for improving the availability, access and use of disaster risk information for Early Warning and
Meetings and conferences
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Online
Background: Following the Sendai Framework guidance, UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States has organized several coordination meetings with the aim of accelerating the implementation of the Sendai Framework in the region. The most recent declaration
Meetings and conferences
Geneva
Online
5 November 2020 10:00 – 11:30 CET ( Geneva time) BACKGROUND Building on the first and second World Tsunami Museum Conferences held in Japan in 2017 and 2018, UNDRR will organize the Third World Tsunami Museum Conference as a virtual event from Geneva on 5
Meetings and conferences
Nairobi
In person
Thursday, 5 November 2020 16:00 Victoria / Port Louis | 15:00 Nairobi / Antananarivo | 13:00 Yaoundé / Abuja | 12:00 Abidjan / Dakar | Duration: 1.5 hours / Interpretation: French-English Register here: https://undrr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN
Meetings and conferences
Online
Tsunamis are quite unusual events, but they are also extremely deadly. In the last 100 years, 58 of them have claimed more than 260,000 lives. An average of 4,600 deaths each time they occur, which exceeds any other disaster caused by natural hazards. The

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UNDRR works globally with governments, institutions, the private sector and civil society to build capacity to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into sustainable development.