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- From the Editor: an abortive debate
- Partners in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- ISDR National Platforms in Action
The present Annual Report 2007 sets out the Secretariat’s major results and achievements against the agreed 2006-2007 Biennial Workplan outputs and outcomes. It also contains a trend analysis and provides context, as necessary, to explain changes in priorities or results.
The UNISDR Secretariat operates today in a landscape that has evolved considerabl…
This document addresses the issues of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the area of education in the form of a compendium of various educational activities and initiatives, both in the formal and informal spheres of education, being implemented at regional level in the Central Asian countries. The compendium gathers materials on good practices, methodolo…
This note reports on examples of recent experience in eight countries where national and local governments and civil society participants have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions. These cases, along with similar experience in other countries, provide a number of useful insights and lessons for climate change negotia…
This document provides a framework of guiding principles and general steps addressing the construction of safer and more disaster resilient education facilities. It is aimed to be adapted to the local context and used to develop a context-specific plan to address a critical gap to reaching the Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MD…
This publication presents a selection of articles carried out within the framework of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Urban Risk Thematic Platform in particular. The thirteen articles included here reflect diverse perspectives and interests surrounding disaster risk in several cities of Latin America. The author…
This paper presents the conclusions and recommendations of the conference on ‘Natural disaster prevention, land-use planning and sustainable development’ held in Paris, 17-19 June 1999.
A 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…