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Transforming cities into cities of the future involves deploying new technologies that drive smart city innovation. The development of smart cities across the globe is spurred by governments’ increased infrastructure and ICT spending in the implementation of technologies for a wide range of city services such as healthcare, t…
Background
Large scale natural disasters often overwhelm the capacity of governments, not only for effective response but for long term recovery and reconstruction as well. Recent experiences such as the cloud burst and landslide in Uttarakhand, India, the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, the Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010, and…
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The world is changing with an increasing global population growth rate and urbanization. Since 1990, the number of mega-cities has nearly tripled. In 2014, over half of the world’s population lived in cities, and by 2050 it is estimated that 66 per cent of the world’s population will be urban.
Given the rapid urbanization of cities and the…
The objectives of the High Level Panel Discussion are to:
Better illustrate the vulnerabilities and impacts that natural and human-made disasters have on women and girls, which compromise their resilience, while exploring available options for effective gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction and management;
Show how migration as a result of (natur…
The Third (and final) formal session of the Open-ended intergovernmental expert working group (OIEWG) on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction will be held in Geneva at the Palais des Nations in Room (XIX) on Tuesday, 15 November and Friday, 18 November. Informal sessions will be held on Monday, 14 November, Wednesday, 16 Novemb…
The main objective of the event is to provide a platform for sharing experiences, good practices, progress, achievements and challenges in the implementation of the Sendai Framework (with a particular focus on the first target, reducing disaster mortality), and identify follow-up actions to accelerate implementation in Africa in gene…
Background
Mongolia prioritizes disaster prevention and has been able to set up an early warning system in highly populated areas, and to enhance the capacity of identification and early warning of potential hazards. The measures undertaken by the Government of Mongolia have also produced concrete results in enhancing and mobilizing local communities i…
The need for a Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction for Central Asia and South Caucasus (CASC) to facilitate focused dialogue and strategic planning similar to the other regions has been strongly voiced in regional discussions leading up to the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), held in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015.…
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 heralds a shift from managing disasters to managing risks. It provides an opportunity to make disaster risk reduction integral to sustainable development. For this to happen, sound scientific research and evidence-based knowledge is needed. This will enable better policymaking that addr…
About the Conference
Building upon the experience of the existing policy archive and inter-city cooperation of Seoul, and in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the conference will:
Discuss the role of cities in the implementation of the SDGs and share experiences in sustainable urban development through focused…
Background
Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea's second largest city after Seoul, with a population of approximately 3.9 million is located on the Southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula and is administratively divided into 16 local governments. It is located on the coast and borders low mountains on the north and west, and the seas on the south and…
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Millions of dollars of new business investment will be made in Samoa in the coming years. Much of it will be spent in hazard-exposed locations. How disaster sensitive this investment is will in part determine the future resilience of the country. In most economies, the private sector is responsible for 70–85 percent of this investment. The…
The 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May, 2017. The Global Platform is the most important international forum dedicated to the disaster risk reduction agenda, and this will be the first time it has been staged outside Geneva.
The 2017 Global Platform will mark the first opportunity for the interna…
Background:
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) was adopted at the Third UN World Conference on DRR (March 2015, Sendai, Japan), and will serve as an international guideline for DRR for the next 15 years.
At the 4th Trilateral Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management held in October 2015, the three Parties decided to s…
This Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction orientation workshop for Mongolian national disastser risk reduction focal points will:
Introduce the Sendai Framework and the role of States
Introduce the Sendai Framework Phase 1 Monitor
Support its use and assist in identification of gaps and opportunities for implementing the Framework
The Gov…