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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.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Sistema Nacional de Emergencias
Regional Early Warning Systems Consortium (REWSC) Meeting
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The Caribbean consolidates its partnership for advancing multi hazard early warning systems in the region

The REWSC is an excellent study case of governance mechanisms on how regional and global organizations coordinate actions aiming to increase the efficiency of EWS with a multi-hazard approach in the context of systemic risk and complexity.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
Concept Note - Catalysing a decade of disaster preparedness action in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Disaster preparedness: the EU and UNDRR mark 10 years of partnership in Latin America and the Caribbean

The European Union, through its Disaster Preparedness Programme (DP) under the Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), has invested more than 321 million euros in 34 countries.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Caribbean Regional Workshop on Measuring Effectiveness of Early Warning Systems through Sendai Framework Target (g) and Custom Indicators
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Trinidad and Tobago gears up to increase resilience to disasters

Using the structures incorporated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), Trinidad and Tobago is taking a comprehensive overview of hazards, risks and uncertainties to inform its decision-making and planning.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
CSSI signature
Press release
19 Countries Now Part of Caribbean Safe School Initiative

The Sint Maarten Declaration replaced the Antigua & Barbuda Declaration signed in 2017 and updated in 2019.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Myriam Urzúa Venegas
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Myriam Urzúa Venegas: 'Local governments are leaders in disaster risk reduction'

During GP2022, Myriam Urzúa Venegas, Secretary of Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection of Mexico City (SGIRPC), was recognized for her professional career with the first place of the Sasakawa 2022 Award.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
CSSI 3rd Ministerial Forum
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Sint Maarten to Host Third Ministerial Forum on School Safety in the Caribbean

The CSSI is the Caribbean’s contribution to the Worldwide-Initiative on Safe Schools (WISS) and promotes the partnership for advancing safe school implementation.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport

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