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

CREWS in the Caribbean
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Disaster prevention in the Caribbean: a buoy for the future

The CREWS Caribbean initiative’s purpose is to support Caribbean countries in their efforts to increase their weather and climate services and to generate and communicate effective, impact-based and gender-responsive MHEWS and risk information.

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The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean
Press release
Barbados to host the world’s first regional launch of the United Nations Early Warnings for All Initiative

The “Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean” aims to drive coordinated political action towards strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems.

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Resident Coordinator Offices for the Caribbean States
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Barbados - government
RP23 Punta del Este, Uruguay
Update
Science and technology: central themes on the agenda of RP23

The agenda features 37 sessions, including 4 high-level sessions, 8 parallel sessions, 2 special sessions, 8 learning labs and 15 side events.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Uruguay - government
Engaging persons with disabilities on local disaster resilience planning
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New tool provides pathway for inclusion

A new MCR2030 tool enables local governments to design, formulate, and implement disaster resilience strategies that are more inclusive of the perspectives and capacities of persons with disabilities

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Park area in Campinas, Brazil
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Climate resilience: an investment not a cost

Severe storms and flooding almost 20 years ago proved a turning point for Campinas. Since then, the Brazilian city has emerged as a global leader of climate resilient urban development

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Prefeitura do Município de Campinas, São Paulo
Presentan guía de innovación del sector privado para reducción del riesgo de desastres en El Salvador
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Private sector innovation guide for disaster risk reduction presented in El Salvador

The guide was commissioned by UNDRR and developed in collaboration between the TRANSFORM project of the University of Waterloo, Canada, with ARISE networks in Central America and twenty companies in the region who provided input to the document.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Urban garden planting in Mexico City
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Mexico City focuses on solutions and scale

Mexico City has built a comprehensive risk governance system enabling it to scale up climate resilience action across the metropolitan area

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Federal District of Mexico City
Medalla Brasil
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UNDRR decorated by the government of Brazil

Brazil is one of the countries in the region with highest investment rates in research and development in terms of disaster risk reduction.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Speightstown, Barbados
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The Caribbean is at the forefront of early warning systems

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all countries to achieve 100 per cent coverage of their populations by early warning systems within the next five years.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Lanzamiento RP23
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Open registration for RP23

The launch of the RP23 marked the start of the 5th Risk Reduction Week, in commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Sistema Nacional de Emergencias

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