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Displaying 195 of about 6986 resultsThe United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will hold its 2nd Session at UNEP’s headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. Over 2,000 delegates are expected.
The Second Session will feature a side event on 26 May entitled "Healthy Ecosystems, Resilient Planet" organized by the Unit…
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Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Natural disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing countries
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The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) is intended to serve as the forum for exchanging information and knowledge, coordinating efforts throughout the Europe region and for providing advocacy for effective action to reduce disasters. Moreover, it shall be devoted to contemporary issues of importance needed to promote a good political cli…
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Qatar has been working on strengthening their capacities to face disasters whether triggered natural hazards, accidents, or man-made causes. As a part of these efforts to control the impact of disaster and reduce its human and economic losses, Qatar has established in 1998 a Permanent Emergency Committee (PEC), which is responsible for crisi…
UNISDR Regional Office for Arab states is hosting a 2 day workshop to bring together key experts working with local governments in the region to discuss and review the Arabic version of the local-urban indicators that will build on the Ten Essentials of the Making Cities Resilient campaign and will be aligned with Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Redu…
The session will cover issues concerning city resilience and risk management in the context of Sendai Framework implementation. There will be an opportunity to share experience and best practices too. This forum will also be used to re-launch UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient campaign in the region, following the adoption of the new 10 Essentials.
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Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Natural disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by natural disasters are from developing…
The 2011 Global Assesment Report, entitled 'Revealing Risk, Redefining Development', is the leading UN publication on the status of global disaster risk today. The relevance of the Global Assessment Report has become painfully clear, against the backdrop of a number of major disasters, it provides an innovative analysis of the economic cost of such disa…
The 2011 Global Assesment Report, entitled 'Revealing Risk, Redefining Development', is the leading UN publication on the status of global disaster risk today. The relevance of the Global Assessment Report has become painfully clear, against the backdrop of a number of major disasters, it provides an innovative analysis of the economic cost of such disa…
The training is intended to help Resident Coordinator Offices and UN Country Teams integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. Millions of people are falling back into poverty each year due to shocks ranging from both localized severe weather to major disaster events includin…
Europa Re is currently in the process of putting in place the technical infrastructure needed for the launch of its reinsurance operations in the countries of the region. This, inter-alia, includes, the development of web-based underwriting platform and high-resolution catastrophe risk models for earthquake and flood that together would enable insurers…
This event in provided a forum for discussion which will focus on the EU approach to disaster prevention and will build upon the ongoing efforts made at the EU level. The debate was based upon the following questions:
- Do the UN and the EU have the right structure in place to coordinate preventive mechanisms? What more can be done by the EU to maximi…
The Government of Sri Lanka, Government of Japan, and Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) are jointly organizing the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2011 (ACDR 2011) on June 13‐15, 2011 at Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka in cooperation with International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Over 100 practitioners, experts, and policymak…
The workshop is intended to raise awareness among local communities, develop and stimulate multi-stakeholder engagement into the disaster risk reduction and Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) local monitoring process. The workshop will also target various government agencies, civil society organizations, community members and information centers and aimed…
Strong accountability is one of the cornerstones of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
A set of 38 indicators, recommended by an Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group, are used to track progress in implementing the seven targets of the Sendai Framework as well as its related dimensions reflected in the Sustainable Develop…