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Technical Disaster

Meetings and conferences

MCR2030 Sign Up Webinar: Building the Disaster Resilience of Cities in Asia-Pacific

Bangkok
DRR and Caribbean Private Sector
Documents and publications
2020

Disaster Risk Reduction and the Caribbean Private Sector: The role of the telecommunications sector in the context of COVID-19

The aim of this exploratory paper is to provide some critical perspectives and insights on the role of the private sector in disaster risk reduction, in particular with regards to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery process.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Documents and publications
2020

Status of Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific 2020

The Status of Science and Technology report is an important step for monitoring the progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework and an attempt to capture some of the progress across geographies, stakeholders, and disciplines towards the application of science and technology towards risk reduction in Asia-Pacific.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Report cover
Documents and publications
2020

Asia-Pacific Regional Framework for NATECH (Natural Hazards Triggering Technological Disasters) Risk Management

NATECH (Natural hazards triggering Technological disasters) is an emerging theme in the field of disaster risk reduction globally. The report, developed through a series of consultations and drawing on lessons from the past NATECH disasters, proposes ten guiding principles for NATECH risk management in the Asia-Pacific region.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Meetings and conferences

Asia-Pacific IDDRR Webinar: Disaster Risk Governance in Context of COVID-19

Bangkok
Images from the online webinar of speakers and slides
Updates

Strengthening and learning from China’s work in Disaster Risk Reduction

To prevent disasters such as the recent floods that impacted China, UNDRR co-organzied a workshop is to strengthen China’s ability to report damage and loss data and track implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Concept Note International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Documents and publications
2020

Concept Note - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2020

An opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Beirut, Líbano- 5 de agosto, 2020: la destrucción causada por la explosión química.
Statements and messages

Statement on the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori expresses her deepest condolences to the victims and their families and the government of Lebanon for the loss of life, injury and devastation caused by the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Documents and publications
2019

Challenges and lessons learned from past major environmental disasters due to technological or wildland urban interface fire incidents

The increased number of intense heat waves and wildfires that has been recorded in recent years on a global basis has raised great concerns; it is apparent that the projected climatic changes may affect such hazards to a large extent in the future. Each

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Documents and publications
2019

NaTech risk in production plants in regions subjected to high seismicity, tornado or flooding hazard

Seismic phenomena and tornadoes are among the most relevant causes of damage on the built environment and their effect on industrial plants might not be limited to mere structural damage. Under particular conditions, such as the presence of inflammable

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction