Epidemic & Pandemic

Mapa de focos de contagio en América y el Caribe

28 July 2020

Invest more in predicting the future to be better prepared, say experts

Investing more in technology is essential to better forecast the impact of environmental, technological and biological hazards and help prevent disasters, said regional experts. More funding needs to be poured into technology projects which have a focus

11 August

Training

UNDRR ROAMC & ARISE Webinar: Business resilience in a context of systemic risk and multi-threat

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

ARISE

12 August

Training

UNDRR ROAMC, UNFCCC & IFRC Webinar: Strengthening Early Action Early Warning Systems

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Photos of U-Inspire national chapters in Nepal, India and Indonesia

Updates

29 July 2020

National chapters from the U-INSPIRE Alliance start to log their voluntary commitments

U-INSPIRE India, Nepal, and Indonesia have become the first national chapters of an alliance of youth and young professionals to register their work in UNDRR's Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments online platform.

COVID-19, Systemic Risk and Education Sector Resilience in the Caribbean Region

Documents and publications

UNDRR Documents

UNDRR Americas & Caribbean/CDEMA COVID-19 BRIEF: COVID-19, Systemic Risk and Education Sector Resilience in the Caribbean Region

The COVID-19 pandemic has served to reveal the systemic nature of risk and highlights the exposure of these systems to all hazards. Its unprecedented cascading effects have impacted all sectors and levels of our economies and societies. The Global

Press Releases

22 July 2020

VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean to be held in 2021

The Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional

27 July

Meetings and conferences

Arab Cities & COVID-19: Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States

Cairo

Cover of COVID19 Brief on social protection

Documents and publications

Reports

UNDRR Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Brief: Disaster-Responsive Social Protection

This brief explores how countries in the region are leveraging social protection systems in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the challenges and successes to date. It also draws attention to lessons from the region, including how to ensure social protection systems are in place before a shock occurs. It also explores financing options to expand social protection coverage, especially to help reduce disaster-related vulnerability.

Documents and publications

Newsletter

UNDRR Americas & Caribbean Magazine: COVID-19, a risk context

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of our global networks. A health crisis has shocked economies, policies, governance, trade, infrastructure. In short, it has changed today’s society and may well leave a significant mark on the shaping of

10 July

Training