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Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
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MESSAGE ON WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY
5 November 2021
Earlier this year we marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
It was a solemn day of remembrance for the 18,400 people who died or are still missing because of that catastrophe.
It also brought ho…
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VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean
November 1-4, 2021
Virtual Event
Closing Ceremony Remarks
Mrs. Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Hon. Min…
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Statement by SRSG Mami Mizutori on the Caribbean
Towards the sustainable development for SIDS: UNESCO Global SIDS dialogue series
Theme: Disaster Risk Reduction
22 October 2021
His Excellency Mr Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles,
Director General of UNESCO
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen,…
Workshop Goal:
This second consultation workshop is part of a series of consultation sessions on developing a national disaster risk reduction strategy that is coherent with climate change and sustainable development policies in Somalia as well as relevant regional and international policy frameworks.
Workshop Objectives:
Present and discuss Soma…
Five countries pave the way for progress in the implementation of effective tsunami early warning systems, which are challenging due to multi-faceted complexity.Building effective national tsunami early warning systems (TWS) is challenging due to the complexity of managing multiple factors involved in detection and effective response. According to…
JAMAICA – The Covid pandemic recovery provides a chance to implement green and sustainable economic and social policies, but it is far from certain that governments will seize the opportunity, a key international conference on disaster prevention was told.
Addressing the Vll Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction the in Americas and the Car…
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Launch of WMO’s Report on the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020
Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
17 August 2021
Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, WMO,
Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Jamaica,
Ms. Alicia Barcena, Executive Secret…
DRR Toolkit for Parliamentarians
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) puts responsibility for risk reduction squarely at the foot of the state.
Risk reduction requires whole-of-society involvement, but primary responsibility is borne by the state. Parliaments and parliamentarians are uniquely positioned to catalyse, over…
8 November 2021 – Under the theme “From Risk to Resilience: Accelerating Local Action for Disaster Risk Reduction,” the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States (UNDRR ROAS), the Kingdom of Morocco, and the League of Arab States launched the Fifth Arab Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a ministerial…
The next Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum will be held virtually from 8 to 9 December 2021.
The APP-DRR Forum will be organized against the backdrop of the challenges and recovery opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a key event in the run-up to the next Global Platform for DRR (GP22), Asia-Pacifi…
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (UNDRR-ROAMC) invite MCR2030 Local governments and participating entities to share good practices and lessons learned on local governments engagement and Collaboration with their local communities for disaster risk red…
Webinar Recording
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Event Objective
This three days virtual/online training workshop is to assist city and local governments in building greater resilience to climate and disaster risks through integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into wider city development plans and strategies.
Event Desc…
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…
This document takes stock of recent developments in disaster risk science and provides a compelling set of directions for research and scientific collaboration for a more holistic and collaborative approach to understanding and managing risks. It challenges silos in science and in society and the notion that social, ecological, economic and technologica…
Predictive models have great potential for forecasting population displacements from climatic and other disasters. But disaster displacement risk assessment approaches often use probabilistic models and big data analysis to make global-level predictions, which have limited utility for planning and delivering local interventions that address vulnera…