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Displaying 135 of about 139 resultsA contribution to the preparations for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II):
This document emphasizes the importance of urbanization for the level of risk of natural disasters and other phenomena, and highlights the need to address disaster management issues in the context of urban development planning. It analyses di…
Based on the National Reports to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Progress Report to the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR):
This report is an overview of reports by countries up to 2007. It provides a regional synthesis within two timeframes: as on January…
Roles, mandates and areas of work of key United Nations entities:
This not exhaustive compilation shows an impressive portfolio of services and programmes of the United Nations and the World Bank in support of disaster risk reduction. It brings together the core set of ISDR system partners, the Inter-Agency Group, also listing disaster risk reduction n…
Risk and poverty in a changing climate:
This summary presents the key findings and recommendations of the Report, which identifies disaster risk, analyses its causes, shows that these causes can be addressed and recommends the means to do so. The over-riding message of the Report is that reducing disaster risk can also help in reducing poverty, safegua…
South Eastern Europe disaster risk mitigation and adaptation programme:
This document reviews the coordination of disaster mitigation, preparedness and response among the Civil Protection actors of South Eastern Europe (SEE), identifying needs both with respect to staff capacity and training and in terms of disaster risk reduction facilities, with a fo…
Request for funding to support the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and its secretariat:
This fundraising document has been produced by the UNISDR secretariat to cover the costs of its mandated functions and selected activities to be carried out under its auspices in collaboration with other partners for the biennium 2004-2005.
This document is a compilation of the principal resolutions adopted on disaster reduction in order to provide policy makers and other interested persons with ready access to such resolutions.
Resolutions adopted during the UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) are included, as they played an important role in laying the foundat…
Disasters roundtable workshop "Disaster Risk Management in an Age of Climate Change", April 3, 2008:
This presentation advocates to further the integration of actions to reduce climate and disaster risks into development decisions at the World Bank and other stakeholder organizations. It characterizes this as a risk-based approach to climate change ada…
From the past natural disasters to the challenge of climate change in Europe – Paris, 26-28 November 2008
This presentation introduces the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 strategic goals and the UNISDR commitment to reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and adapt to climate change.
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Disasters in the Region
- Contributions
- Partners in Action
- Informative Bulletin
- Portuguese Supplement
- Multimedia
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Disasters and hazards in the Region
- Partners in Action
- Multimedia
Special issue: World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Disasters and threats in the Region
- Contributions
- Partners in Action
- Multimedia
This issue includes:
ISDR Global News
- New UN/ISDR Outreach Office in Central Asia
- New ISDR focal point in Kobe, Japan
- Learning to live with risk
- Media contributions to disaster reduction recognized
- ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
- Linking the disaster reduction and climate change communities
- Disaster reduction and SIDS
- B…
This issue includes:
- From the Editor - That slightly unusual risk …
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- 2005 International Day for Disaster Reduction
- Policy makers talk about disaster risk reduction
- ISDR National Platforms in Action
- UN/ISDR World in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- Partners in Action
This issue includes:
- From the Editor
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- UN/ISDR Africa National Platforms in Action
- 2003 International Day for Disaster Reduction
- African policy makers talk about disaster reduction
- UN/ISDR World in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- UN Sasakawa Award
- Partners in Action
- Information Resourc…