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Displaying 120 of about 1376 resultsAlong with the rest of the world, the South-Eastern European (SEE) region is experiencing rapid urban growth. This growing concentration of people and assets in a single location is increasing vulnerabilities to different hazards. The additional challenge of climate change means the risks associated with rapid urban growth are expected to intensify furt…
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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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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 organizations and…
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As part of the MCR2030 Digital Resilience Webinar Series, the third and last webinar of the series will focus on how policy makers can harness the emerging opportunities of digitalisation, as well as the large offer of tools and resources available, to support municipal and institutional governance and urban pl…
The fifth feature in this Making Cities Resilient 2030 series, under the theme ‘From Risk to Resilience: Building a Local Climate of Success’, profiles Matosinhos, in Portugal
Matosinhos’ success in building an impressive record of early warning early action rests on one key principle: get close and stay close to your citizens. This so-called ‘proximit…
BRUSSELS, 28 November 2022 – High level representatives from Central Asian states, the European Union, United Nations and other key stakeholders met to assess a regional climate resilience project which saw the development of a joint Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia, the first ever such collaboration in one of the world’s most climat…
I express my solidarity with the people of Ukraine and call for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
This escalating violence -- which is resulting in civilian deaths, including children – is totally unacceptable.
As the UN Secretary-General said after the General Assembly Resolution, the message is “loud and clear: end hostilities in Ukraine — now;…
NUR-SULTAN, 13 April – The city of Nur-Sultan in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and with the financial support of the European Union, convened a two-day workshop to conduct a Detailed Disaster Resilience Scorecard Assessment to support the development of the city’s resilience strategy.
As the thi…
ALMATY – Experts from Kazakhstan were trained to use the DesInventar-Sendai disaster loss management system thanks to the European Union (EU) funded project on strengthening disaster resilience in Central Asia. The DesInventar Sendai system software helps to analyse disaster trends and their impacts, and leads to better prevention, mitigation and prepar…
This contributing paper aims to examine the need to effectively implement implement the interplay between technical decision-makers, political decision-makers and the scientific community to achieve effective disaster risk reduction (DRR). In particular, the study examines efforts in Italy to build an effective collaboration between…
This contributing paper takes a look at a new risk prevention and mitigation approach in Funchal, Madeira Island, allowing residents and school community from susceptible areas to build a collective response to emergency situations in matters of prevention and intervention. The Civil Protection Units project offers training sessions throu…
ASHGABAT, April 2022 - the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in coordination with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC), and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan, organized monitoring missions to the Mary and Balkan regions to assess progress of their community-based disaster ri…
ASHGABAT, April 29 - the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Main Department for Civil Defence and Rescue Operations of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan, with the financial support of the European Union, organized a workshop on the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Capacity Assessment and Development process.
The Gover…
Stakeholders participating in the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) sign this pledge committing to making disaster prevention and resilience a priority and accelerating the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 according to the EFDRR Roadmap 2021-2030.
The commitments outlined in th…
GENEVA, 16 July 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, today extended her condolences to all those affected by the current severe floods across Europe and urged greater investment in disaster risk reduction against a natural hazard which, until the arrival of COVID-19, has typically affected…