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Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) devotes efforts to address the importance of understanding disaster management processes and raise awareness of the latest developments related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduc…
This session of the Local Climate Solutions for Africa (LOCS4Africa) Congress series will explore critical links between climate change and urban water and sanitation in Africa’s cities.
African cities, as diverse as large metro areas to small towns, are increasingly experiencing challenges of water security, drought and flooding. As such, t…
The Tenth Session of the Africa Working Group (AWG) is expected to make key recommendations to facilitate the implementation of the Programme of Action at all levels. It will also develop the Africa Common Position to be presented at the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 22-26 May 2017 in Cancun, Mexico, in line with the Decision of the…
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The world is changing with an increasing global population growth rate and urbanization. Since 1990, the number of mega-cities has nearly tripled. In 2014, over half of the world’s population lived in cities, and by 2050 it is estimated that 66 per cent of the world’s population will be urban.
Given the rapid urbanization of cities and the…
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The International Recovery Platform (IRP) was established in 2005 as an international source of knowledge on good recovery practice. In 2015, following the adoption of the Sendia Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, IRP embraced a more specialized role as an international mechanism for sharing experience and lessons associ…
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This internship position is located in the Communication and Advocacy, Knowledge Management and Resource Mobilization Branch/Knowledge Management Unit of the UNISDR in Geneva, Switzerland. The Intern will report to the Managing Editor of PreventionWeb. The UNISDR internship is for a period of two to six months dependi…
These advocacy materials are an introduction for health workers engaged in Health-EDRM and for multisectoral partners to consider how to integrate health into their emergency risk management strategies.
This overview places Health-EDRM in the context of multisectoral action and focuses on the generic elements, including potential hazards, vulnerabiliti…
The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.
This document summarises the proceedings of The Fifth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which took place from 24 to 26 May 2017 in Cancún, Mexico, including the Chair's Summary and records of discussions conducted throughout the conference. The 2017 Global Platform was the first to take place after the adoption of the Send…
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted at the 3rd UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015, has provided disaster risk management actors with a series of new guidelines. It highlights the role and relevance of regional platforms for di…
The thematic report presents the first baseline for displacement risk associated with sudden-onset disasters in the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa with the ultimate aim of reducing future displacement risk. As sudden-onset natural hazards, primarily floods, caused more than 600,000 new displacements in 2016 in the Greater Horn of Africa, this r…
Collection of Technical Notes on Data and MethodologyOn 2 February 2017, in adopting Resolution A/RES/71/276, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Report of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Indicators and Terminology Related to Disaster Risk Reduction (A/71/644), and the recommendations for indicators and termino…
This report documents a baseline study to identify the type of authorities and capacities that local governments possess to undertake actions for DRR and making cities resilient conducted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UΝDRR) in partnership with the Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CUDRR+R).…
The Guide takes a practical approach in addressing man-made and technological hazards, and builds upon previous analyses and recommendations relating to such hazards in the context of DRR.
The Guide builds on the outcomes of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Indicators and Terminology for the Sendai Framework, and the work on haz…