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Droughts are a regular and not an exceptional feature in the region. They have significant adverse social, environmental, health, and economic impacts, mainly where rainfed farming is practiced and places where there are existing pressures on water resources.
These impacts have played a significant role in population movements, includin…
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East Africa is one of the regions in the world most affected by droughts. Recent trends seem to show an increase in risk, while longer term projections do not provide clear trends for the whole region and for individual countries.
Most countries are low income, with some lower middle income countries. Some have diverse agro-ecological c…
This systematization report seeks to briefly document and summarize the implementation of the 2020 Action Plan of the Climate Change and Resilience Issue-Based Coalition, identifying lessons learned and contributing to informing the 2021 Action Plan. This document is organized into four sections. The first section describes the coalition's Framework of…
Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
Getting ahead of climatic disasters: Know, Predict, Warn, Act
COP 26 - 8 November
The impact of the climate emergency on our lives and development gains is clear. A warming planet will increase the intensity and frequency of disasters and extreme events, already at unprecedented levels.
We urgently need to a…
Mami Mizutori is the special representative of the UN secretary-general for disaster risk reduction and head of UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
For a growing number of populations around the world, facing a future of more frequent and extreme disasters will only be possible if more funding is channelled towards adaptation and disaster risk reducti…
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Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
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MESSAGE ON WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY
5 November 2021
Earlier this year we marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
It was a solemn day of remembrance for the 18,400 people who died or are still missing because of that catastrophe.
It also brought ho…
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VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean
November 1-4, 2021
Virtual Event
Closing Ceremony Remarks
Mrs. Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Hon. Min…
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Statement by SRSG Mami Mizutori on the Caribbean
Towards the sustainable development for SIDS: UNESCO Global SIDS dialogue series
Theme: Disaster Risk Reduction
22 October 2021
His Excellency Mr Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles,
Director General of UNESCO
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen,…
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Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
Intervention at the 146th Committee of the Regions (CoR) Plenary Session
DEBATE ON NATURAL DISASTERS: RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CITIES AND REGIONS
13 October 2021
Dear President Tzitzikostas,
Dear Commissioner Lenarčič,
Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the European Committ…
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Launch of WMO’s Report on the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020
Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
17 August 2021
Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, WMO,
Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Jamaica,
Ms. Alicia Barcena, Executive Secret…
DRR Toolkit for Parliamentarians
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) puts responsibility for risk reduction squarely at the foot of the state.
Risk reduction requires whole-of-society involvement, but primary responsibility is borne by the state. Parliaments and parliamentarians are uniquely positioned to catalyse, over…
8 November 2021 – Under the theme “From Risk to Resilience: Accelerating Local Action for Disaster Risk Reduction,” the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States (UNDRR ROAS), the Kingdom of Morocco, and the League of Arab States launched the Fifth Arab Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a ministerial…
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) was officially opened by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi.
President Kenyatta addressed the ICPAC inauguration stating that “we live in uncertain times, increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and mo…
Young people from across the Americas and the Caribbean have asked for a greater role in preparing and implementing policies to reduce disaster risk in one of the most hazard-prone regions of the world.
The Youth Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction - The Americas and the Caribbean was an opportunity for some of the region’s 106 million young people to sh…
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Speakers
H.E. Mr. KAWAKAMI Fumihiro
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Fiji
Ms. Esline Garaebiti
Director General Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation,
Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
Mr. Arona N…