2010 International Day for Disaster Reduction
Source(s):
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
This year's theme: My City is Getting Ready!
To mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction, the UNISDR secretariat is calling on its partners to play a more active role to protect cities against disasters. Many cities have been disrupted this year by disasters: earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and New Zealand; floods and heavy rainfalls in Pakistan, Eastern Europe, Mozambique and other parts of Africa; forest fires in Russia; and volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Iceland. All have caused huge human suffering and economic damage. Cities have never been so at risk.Explore further
Themes
Civil Society/NGOs
Climate change
Education and school safety
Gender
Advocacy and media
Private sector
Governance
Science and technology
Country and region
Switzerland
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