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This workshop aims to build the capacity and understanding of Incheon city officials about the Making Cities Resilient global campaign, its ‘Ten Essentials for Resilient Cities’, the sign-up process and best practices towards becoming a role model city. It further aims to capture good practice and enhance disaster risk-sensitive planning in the cit…
Background
Disasters in the decade 2005-2014 had a complex and devastating impact on people and economies in Asia. More than 150 million people were affected by floods while economic losses amounted to more than 250 billion US dollars—65% of which was caused by earthquakes and tsunamis. How can we reduce the impact of disasters and make the resilience…
High-level administrative policy-makers from the eleven countries most affected by the 26 December tsunami, will gather for three days in Tokyo, Japan from 22-24 February 2005 to understand how technically the early warning system on tsunami operates in Japan. The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has launched the invitation w…
17 February 2005. More than 320,000 people perished last year in 366 natural disasters, according to figures announced today in Geneva by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) based in Brussels. The number of deaths is still provisional as the death toll for the December Tsunami in the Indian Ocean is not yet definitive. “2004…
December 2004 was a painful reminder of the many vulnerable people threatened by natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, cyclones, landslides and tsunamis. The disaster presented a range of valuable lessons, including the need for people to be aware and take action to reduce disaster risk. A new book launched at the World Conference on Disaster Red…
Early on the morning of 26 December an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale struck South Asia off the north west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The quake was the largest in magnitude since 1964, triggering tidal waves that caused thousands of fatalities and immense destruction in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Sr…
Como parte de las actividades de la Campaña Mundial Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: ¡Mi Ciudad se está preparando! se promueve el intercambio entre ciudades como una oportunidad para fortalecer la red de ciudades inscritas en la Campaña, ampliar la base de conocimientos técnicos basándose en el aprendizaje práctico, y fortalecer el compromiso de las…
UNDRR launched the online Sendai Framework Monitor system (SFM) in March 2018. The SFM is an accountability tool to assist countries in monitoring, assessing and evaluating progress and challenges in the implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) at the global, national, sub-national and local levels.
This training will support Malawi in its effor…
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"The training workshop for Local Government Authorities of Jamaica, will take place on October 22 and 23. It aims to support local Jamaican authorities in achieving the objectives of the Global Campaign of the UNDRR, "Making Cities Resilient", for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level.
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The Symposium was organized in Saint Lucia on 15 October 2019 in order to commemorate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), under the theme ‘Reducing Disaster Damage to Critical Infrastructure and Disruption of Basic Services’. Although the IDDRR has been celebrated globally for the past 25 years, it was the first time that Sa…
Translating commitments into action: the right pathway towards delivering on the Sendai Framework in Africa
Specific objectives and expected outcomes of the Fifteenth session of the AWGDRR are summarised below:
Objectives:
To evaluate regional progress (with focus on the implementation of prioritized actions in the Tunis Declaration and commitments…
In 2019, the World Tsunami Awareness Day will promote Target (d) of the "Sendai Seven Campaign," which focuses on reducing disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services.
By the year 2030, an estimated 50 per cent of the world's population will live in coastal areas exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis.
Investing in re…
Background
UNDRR launched the online Sendai Framework Monitor (SFM) in March 2018. The SFM is an accountability tool to assist countries in monitoring, assessing and evaluating progress and challenges in the implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) at the global, national, sub-national and local levels. In Africa, the reporting on SFM contribute…
Organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) with the support of the Government of Germany
Introduction and Background
An important component of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) is the inclusive and comprehensive monitoring and reporting process which allows countries, as well as regi…