Evidence, UNISDR newsletter: issue 17, May/June 2013

This newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction; (ii) Sendai City to host the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015; (iii) the UN Sasakawa Award winners; (iv) private sector pioneers; (v) the resilient future; (vi) the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA); (vii) a call to private sector; (viii) India’s new National Platform; (ix) UK government's first-ever HFA peer review; (x) EU strategy on climate change; (xi) The Lancet's major review of the HFA; and (xii) reflections and concerns from the building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh.