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Displaying 15 of about 523 resultsThis issue highlights UNDRR ONEA & GETI activities in Q1, 2024 including: Korean School Safety Programme in schools of Nepal; training for managers of ASEAN member states; Bangkok city building up a team for resilience assessment; CJK and ASEAN youth engagement; private sector training for Fiji Airways staff; Oman learning from Incheon as MCR2030 Re…
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The Directorate General for Civil Protection and European Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) has been supporting the Latin American and Caribbean region since 1994 in fulfilment of its humanitarian mandate to pres…
This policy brief explores challenges faced in the integration of risk considerations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Risk mirrors today’s interconnected world, increasingly assuming a systemic nature, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. Actions in one system can create or reduce risk for another…
Early warning systems are a pivotal component of UNDRR’s strategy to move towards a world with zero climate disasters. The Action Plan announced at COP27 by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres – to put in place early warning system global coverage within five years – is a firm step in the right direction.
Adaptation and resilience
Increasingly extre…
‘We learnt that climate change is very, very expensive’. This was the candid reflection of the Deputy Mayor of Cologne, Germany, Mr Andreas Wolters (pictured above) as he recalled the havoc of severe flooding in his city 16 months ago.
‘We had no water for 8 days, no electricity for 10 days; shops, banks and petrol stations remained closed for 4 weeks,…
“Extreme weather events do not need to become disasters,” said Mozambique's President Nyusi on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, at the launch of a joint UNDRR-WMO publication on multi-hazard early warning systems.
The report shows that multi-hazard early warning systems reduce the severity of disasters, allowing early action that prevents…
Careers in Resilience
Disaster risk management is a sector that has more than 50 years of existence. It has allowed for both the creation of new professions such as disaster risk managers as well as the adaptation of existing ones in other sectors such as urban planning or insurance.
As the world grapples with new risks related to…
The aim of the Conference is to converge on the priority requirements for the Southern African region to further accelerate the implementation of Sendai Target G, to substantially increase availability of and access to early warnings. The conference will also take into consideration the gaps identified in the implementation of the Sendai Framework…
Issue 10 of the UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States Newsletter is out covering the period of July – December 2022 under the titles:
UNDRR ROAS at COP27
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December 2022, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States, published a Regional Policy Brief on Health System Resilience and Building Back Better from Disasters Post COVID-19 in the Arab Region, with the support of the Government of Japan. It is designed to highlight existing COVID-19 response measures within…
A new tool enables local governments to design, formulate, and implement disaster resilience strategies that are more inclusive of the perspectives and capacities of persons with disabilities. The Annex for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities to the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities provides an avenue for local governments to strengthen th…
The use of science and technology in disaster risk reduction is one of the main themes on the agenda of the VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP23), which will be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, from February 28 to March 2, 2023.
The agenda, available for consultation HERE, features 37 sessions…
LOCAL governments have shared a series of policy recommendations to support the scaling up of action to prevent and reduce disaster risk.
Municipal leaders came together at two major conferences in Asia Pacific to ensure that the voice and experience of local governments is captured to positively influence the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework.
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GENEVA - The Office of the UN Secretary-General has appointed Ms. Paola Albrito as the next Director of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) effective 1 October 2022.The Head of UNDRR and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Mami Mizutori, welcomed the appointment in a note to UNDRR’s…
This 2021 UN Plan of Action Progress Report presents the summary of progress with regard to the three Commitments of the UN Plan of Action, based on the Results Framework, as reported by UN organizations for the year 2021. The UN Plan of Action is an important tool to maximize the joint impact of UN System action in support of countries to strengthen di…