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The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction (DRR).

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The Director of Da Nang Climate Change Coordination Office Dr Dinh Quang Cuong explains the city’s significant flood risk (Photo: UNISDR)
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Viet Nam embraces Sendai Framework call for partnership

The Sendai Framework identifies partnership with the private sector as a vital element in global efforts to reduce disaster risk. This strategic and inclusive approach is already a reality in hazard-prone Da Nang, on Viet Nam’s Central Coast.

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Mayor Ryskul Urkalyevich Kalygulov of Karakol, Kyrgyzstan: 'The Sendai Framework is helping our city decide what needs to be done to reduce our disaster risk.' (Photo: UNISDR)
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Sendai Framework takes root in Central Asia

Those who doubt that the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction translates into a useful policy document at the grassroots level should take a trip to Karakol, in North-eastern Kyrgyzstan, and spend some time with the city’s Mayor Ryskul Urkalyevich Kalygulov.

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Centuries of disaster resilience work in the uplands area above Toyama City has aimed to work with rather than against nature and the rugged terain. (Photo: Toyama Prefecture)
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Samurai protects his people… from floods

A 16th century Samurai has left a powerful legacy on the floodplain as well as the battlefield in one of Japan’s most beautiful yet hazardous regions.

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Mr McFarlane (left) with Ms Fegan-Wyles at the official launch of the new E-learning course. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Urban resilience goes on-line

Disaster risk reduction has entered the exciting world of E-learning with the launch of an on-line course aimed at officials and practitioners working to strengthen urban resilience.

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Kirin Brewery’s Sendai plant resumed business months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Prevention pays: Japan’s private sector leads the way

Four years on from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, the country’s business sector has lived up to its reputation for resilience and shown clearly why disaster preparedness is so important for recovery.

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Devastation in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in the wake of Category 5 Cyclone Pam. (Photo: Alice Clements/UNICEF Pacific and Humans of Vanuatu)
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Singapore aid for developing countries on new disaster risk framework

Singapore and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will collaborate on a specialized training course for developing countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS), on the front line of climate change.

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A radar image tracks the Category 5 Cyclone Yasi as it makes landfall in northern Queensland, Australia, in 2011. Science and technology has greatly improved hazard mapping.
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Disaster risk reduction and science should be core of sustainable development, experts say

With fewer than 50 days to go before the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction top scientists have called on governments to put evidence-based disaster risk reduction at the heart of their strategies for sustainable development.

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'Our goal was not just recovery, but a form of creative construction with a focus on the 21st century,' says Governor of Hyogo Prefecture Mr Toshizo Ido.
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Kobe’s message to Sendai

Of the many milestones on the “Road to Sendai,” the Kobe earthquake stands out. The learning from the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake remains relevant today as governments from around the world prepare to meet in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March.

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The song ‘Bring Happiness to the World’ has become a rallying call for the city of Kobe. Here children of Nishinada Elementary School perform it at JICA symposium on 18 Jan together with Mr. Usui who made this song two weeks after the earthquake. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Kobe 'shall never be forgotten'

A firm resolve to build a more resilient future in honour of those who lost their lives in the Kobe earthquake 20 years ago was evident amid the sombre services of remembrance over the weekend.

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Georgia HFA Focal Point Olga Shashkina: 'Now disaster risk reduction is adevelopment priority for the Government.' (Photo: UNISDR)
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Georgia gets ready for World Conference

The Georgian government is committed to pursue an ambitious approach in disaster risk management that says ‘prevention is better than cure’.

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