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Displaying 15 of about 17 resultsStatement by Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
2022 HLPF Side Event: Enhancing Resilient and Inclusive Localization of the SDGs in the Context of Sustainable Climate Recovery
Organized by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development of Egypt
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30 January 2022 - In light of the serious and wide-ranging related to social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in most countries, the results of the regional review of the Arab countries, which was held in September 2020, concluded the urgent need for technical support to enhance the capabilities of Arab governments in managing successive disasters, espe…
Background:
Women, girls, boys, men, and people of diverse gender identities have distinct vulnerabilities in each context that shape the way that they experience and recover from disaster impacts. Effective disaster risk reduction requires meaningful and diverse participation, engagement, and leadership, through an inclusive and accessible, all-of-soci…
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8:00 NYC (GMT-4) / 12:00 (GMT) / 19:00 Bangkok (GMT+7)
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The seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction took place from 25-27 May 2022 in Bali, Indonesia. Preceding the Global Platform, on the 23 and 24 May the Third Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference and the World Reconstruction Confer…
Remarks by Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
2022 HLPF Side Event: Sustainable Recovery in Practice: What Does a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery in Countries Look Like?
Organized by the Permanent Mission of Denmark and the Danish Institute for Human Rights
Excellencies, Distinguished Del…
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Event Description
As the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 approaches its midpoint, the United Nations General Assembly has mandated a midterm review of its implementation, with specific reference made to assessing progress toward its core provision to “build back better”. The global pandemic, climate change, and s…
The International Recovery Forum 2022, with the theme, “BRedesigning Systems for Resilience through Recovery: Assessing Progress and the Unfinished Agenda at the Midpoint of the Sendai Framework ,” was held online on 19 January 2022. The Forum was attended by more than 400 live participants from 65 countries. It featured 19 distinguished experts from 13…
Hit hard by the pandemic, Trinidad and Tobago is incorporating a strong focus on disaster risk reduction (DRR) into its recovery to better insulate it from complex shocks that risk derailing its sustainable development targets.
Using the structures incorporated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), the Caribbean country is ta…
Cities around the world are battling the Covid-19 pandemic against a backdrop of various shocks, pressures, and rising vulnerabilities, all while attempting to prioritise justice, the economy, and climate action in their recovery strategies. Progress on sustainable development must be re-energized in the face of the worst global economic crisis in nearl…
January 27, 2022 - UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) and the government of Lebanon organized the National Consultation for Integration of Biological Hazard in the National Disaster Risk Reduction in Lebanon that is generously funded by the government of Japan.
This consultation is part of the project that aimed to integrate bi…
Objectives:
To present experiences of integrating climate adaptation tools, disaster risk reduction, territorial planning, and resilience building to strengthen and promote sustainable development at the local level.
Present experiences of collaboration between members of the regional coordination committee and other organizations associated with th…
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world, and its consequences have been particularly severe for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. The worsening climate crisis , compounded by conflict and global food insecurity, combine to create a complex global crisis whose effects are likely to long outlast the pandem…
This contributing paper examines the interplay between official adaptive social protection (ASP) and grassroots efforts based on a case study of the rural reconstruction and recovery that took place after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China. Previous research has broadly demonstrated that these grassroots efforts have, to a certain extent, re…
VIDEO ON-DEMANDEvent DescriptionAt the midpoint of implementation of the Sendai Framework, countries continue to experience significant challenges with building back better in practice, and achieving improved recovery outcomes. Disaster recovery has been the least researched area in disaster risk reduction, with few long-term longitudinal stud…
This contributing paper delves into the impact of a tsunami and the COVID-19 pandemic on the coastal tourism sector in Pandeglang Regency (Banten Province) in Indonesia. The sector is a significant contributor to regional income and one of its coastal areas is designated as a Special Economic Zone in 2018. The tourism sector in Pandeglang Regency is sup…