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Work Location: Niamey, Niger
Organizational Context
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disasters and to en…
UNDRR INFO, is the regional office for Europe's monthly newsletter covering activities in the field of DRR. This month's edition includes updates on: International Day for DRR, Local Level Resilient Workshop, 2020 Forum of Mayors, an update on data disaggregation and reporting in Central Asia, and more.
GENEVA, 12 October 2020 – A UN report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century.
In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 million lives, affecting 4.2 billion peop…
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Org. Setting and Reporting
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disasters and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations and regional orga…
Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – On 5 June 2021, a workshop for finalisation of the Preliminary Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities (and Public Health Scorecard Addendum) took place in Travnik, Capital of Central Bosnia Canton. This workshop was kindly supported by USAID and was part of the “Making citie…
2021 007 Call for Proposals (Grants out)
UNDRR is the United Nations’ focal point for the coordination of disaster risk reduction, working with countries and a broad range of partners and stakeholders to support the implementation, monitoring and review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in coherence with the 2030 Agenda…
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13:00-13:45 CET
About the RISK Award
The risks posed by population development, environmental and climate change are increasing. Complex technical systems and infrastructure are additional risk factors. The risks posed by population development, environmental and climate change are increasing. Complex technical systems and in…
29 June 2021 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS), in collaboration with the Arab Towns Organization, organized a webinar titled “Arab Cities towards Resilience: Introduction to Making Cities Resilient 2030 Program,” with the participation of the Regional Council of Nouakchott, Dubai Pol…
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Event Description
The building and construction sector globally represents a huge contribution to climate change and environmental issues. The sector is responsible for close to 40% of energy-related carbon emissions, plus 40% of virgin raw material use. Decarbonising, restoring our natural environment and enhancing…
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It is not a new story, but the COVID-19 pandemic has underlined in a vivid way that disasters put the human rights of vulnerable groups, and in particular in the case of this pandemic, older persons at serious risk.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis that has become an economic and social crisis as w…
Join us on July 2nd, 10:00 - 11:30 CET for a module on Disaster Risk Reduction - Local Resilience in Europe and Central Asia, designed by UNDRR-ROECA.
The concept of the module, its agenda and key speakers can be found here.
The module aims at introducing the topic of Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and its contribution to the Sustainable Deve…
Tsunami News 2020-2021 is a magazine-style publication which covers notable events in the world of tsunami risk management over the last year. On the occasion of World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD), 5 November 2020, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said: "When tsunamis strike, they are a supreme test of the governance and institutions that…
With over 2400 participants from about 149 countries and territories, the first session of a new joint certification programme was held in June, focusing on an overall course introduction and key topics. Under the theme of “Build back better: Harnessing South-South cooperation and risk reduction planning for resilient and healthy cities in the post COVI…
The UN agency responsible for leading global disaster risk management today warned that drought affects more people than any other slow onset disaster and will determine the course of human development in the coming years as the climate emergency worsens.
“Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic and there is no vaccine to cure it. Drough…
Chisinau municipality is the first city in the Republic of Moldova to join the UNDRR flagship initiative – Making Cities Resilient 2030 and the first city to use the Preliminary Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities and the Public Health Addendum.The main resilience challenges in the Chisinau municipality:Resilience is not perceived a…