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The Turkish metropolis of Istanbul is the host for the latest meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, which groups countries from across the continent and has catalysed efforts to curb the threats posed by hazards (Photo: Pedro Szekely)
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European Forum targets disaster risk

Hundreds of delegates are heading to Istanbul for Europe’s top disaster risk reduction forum, two months before a global conference takes aim at natural and human-induced hazards.

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The General Hospital in Mexico City was among the health facilities that collapsed during the 1985 earthquake (Photo: USGS)
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Mexico earthquake triggered safe hospital drive

Mexico City’s devastating, 8.1-magnitude earthquake of 1985 was a stark illustration of the disaster risks faced by the health sector, but it also triggered what became a global effort to protect hospitals from hazards.

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At the Caribbean Urban Seismic Risk Forum (from left): Mr. Arturo López-Portillo Contreras, ACS; Mr. Ronald Jackson, CDEMA; Mr. François Anick Joseph, Minister of the Interior and Local Authorities, Haiti, Mr. Fritz Deshommes, State University of Haiti; Mr. Yves Fritz Joseph, National Laboratory of Building and Public Work of Haiti (Photo: UNDP Haiti)
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Caribbean steps up earthquake risk reduction

Seven years on from the devastating earthquake in Haiti, countries from across the Caribbean are working hard to reduce the risks posed by seismic threats, as part of their wider drive towards sustainable development.

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Mauritius Government Minister Alain Wong Yen Cheong (centre) speaking to the media yesterday following the opening of the Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction with Ms. Olushola Olaide of the African Union Commission, and Mr. Robert Glasser, head of UNISDR.
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Mauritius invests 2% GDP in resilience

The Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is being hosted by a small island developing state for the first time. The conference has been hearing what Mauritius is doing to reduce disaster risk and fight climate change.

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The man at the helm: Jamaica's UN Ambassador Wayne McCook (left), pictured here at a previous round of talks, is steering the process of setting indicators for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Photo: UNISDR)
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Sendai benchmarks reach final stretch

Diplomats and disaster risk reduction experts today began a third and final round of talks to fix benchmarks of success in curbing the impact of natural and man-made hazards through to 2030.

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Tsunami damage in the Toyoma District of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture (Photo: Fukushima Prefecture)
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Recovery and regeneration in Fukushima

The future of Fukushima Prefecture dramatically changed on 11 March 2011. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan’s eastern seaboard unleashed a powerful tsunami that triggered a devastating nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant.

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From left to right: Mr. Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction; Ms. Leni Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines; Mr. Sam Franklyn Gibson, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone; Mr. Juan Pablo Bonilla, Manager for Sustainability and Climate Change, Inter-American Development Bank; Ms. Barbara Kreissler, Director B2G Professional Lighting, Philips Lighting; Ms. Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation (Photo: UNISDR)
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Call for innovative resilience financing to support sustainable cities

A high level panel has called for innovative approaches to increase financing so that cities become resilient to natural and man-made hazards and other shocks.

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Fiji has carried out a thorough post-disaster needs assessment in the wake of Cyclone Winston, pointing the way forward for disaster risk reduction (Photo: IFRC)
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#IDDR2016: Fiji’s honest appraisal of Cyclone Winston

There were fears of very large loss of life when Fiji was hit in February this year by the first category 5 cyclone in its recorded history, and the strongest ever seen in the southern hemisphere.

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Mr. Craig Fugate (centre), Administrator of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, with ARISE board members Ms. Sandra Wu of Kokusai Kogyo and Mr. Hans Sy of SM Prime, during this week's meeting (Photo: UNISDR)
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Business calls for resilient investments to curb disaster losses

The UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilience Societies has called for risks posed by natural and man-made hazards to be put front and centre in investment choices, in order to curb disaster-related economic damage around the globe.

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The Seychelles capital Victoria is home to key national infrastructure whose tsunami-readiness was tested during September's IOWave16 drill
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Tsunami drill teaches Seychelles life-saving lessons

A multinational tsunami drill in the Indian Ocean has taught Seychelles key lessons about how to save lives in the event that a potentially deadly wave strikes in the future, according to senior officials in the island nation.

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