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Displaying 10 of about 10 resultsThis Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023: Europe and Central Asia proposes that three broad, interconnected risk drivers characterize the complexity of managing risk in the region: climate change and environmental degradation; interconnected and complex economies, societies and infrastructure; and changing demographics. These…
The climate event called El Niño is a natural pattern that has important implications for the ecosystems and biodiversity of the Americas and the Caribbean region, given its frequency, intensity and negative impacts. The prolonged droughts resulting from El Niño are its main manifestation, causing alterations in the dynamics and physiological cycles of…
This report examines significant and specific gaps in long-running disaster impact data sets which skew our knowledge about global patterns and trends. The report identifies substantial variability in the same impact measurements – including the key metric of mortality – across global databases. With extreme heatwaves, wildfires, storms and flooding bec…
The disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation budget tagging (DCBT) guide for design and taxonomy provides guidance on issues that government officials need to consider when designing a coordinated budget tagging initiative. Governments often approach disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) separately, des…
This report was written to catalyse change across the climate adaptation, disaster risk management, and humanitarian sectors to focus on the most vulnerable and excluded, who are least responsible, but most affected by the climate crisis. As such, the report aims to demonstrate examples of climate action in highly shock-prone and fragile contexts, and t…
These guidelines and tools provide the necessary know-how to develop and strengthen a policy basis for DRR and risk-informed development. The present guidance provides pathways for climate information that is scientifically sound and publicly available. Ultimately, by accessing the best available up-to- date climate information, planners, risk managers…
UNDRR Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), have conducted a study on the degree of coherence between national policies and plans focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), DRR and CCA in the Caribbean Region. This regional analysis aimed at enhancing our understandi…
The first annual Global Urban Resilience Forum, hosted by the City of Dubai and co-organized with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), recognized the negative impact of the escalating climate emergency on urban inhabitants around the world.Participants of the forum came up with the outcome document "Dubai's call for action", it…
This report aims to reinforce the foundations of gender responsive approaches to disaster risk by examining the connection between women’s international human rights and disaster risk reduction. Specifically, it aims to identify opportunities to strengthen the gender responsiveness of disaster risk reduction by finding synergies between the Sendai Frame…
Explore how to strengthen health systems against disasters and climate challenges with educational materials developed by UNDRR ROAP, UNFPA, ESCAP, and UNOPS as part of the Asia Pacific Issue Based Coalition on Building Resilience. This initiative introduces a comprehensive set of materials of four user-friendly infographics that present insights for bo…