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IPCC is looking for disaster risk reduction experts to be lead authors and review editors. Nominations must be made by national IPCC focal points by 27 July 2009.
Disaster risk reduction experts may have broad, conceptual knowledge of disaster risk reduction issues and/or expertise in the management of specific types of extreme events.
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The upcoming Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will feature an impressive 42 thematic special events, which will complement and support the high-level plenary sessions. The events will focus on different aspects of disaster risk reduction, including climate change adaptation as one of the key feature of the overall Global Platform discussions.
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Disaster risk reduction was highlighted during the one-day Summit on many occasions. The outcome of the Summit, captured in the Chair’s Summary, emphasized clearly that adaptation must be given higher priority and in this context called for greater synergy with disaster risk reduction.
One of the clear messages given by the world leaders was that the C…
Objectives
The workshop shall have the following objectives:
1. To capture the recent trends of climate change scenarios including scientific issues as well as challenges in the Arab region.
2. To highlight the on-going efforts on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction as well as their integration at various levels.
3. To explore the po…
Adaptation to climate change will be at the forefront of discussions at this year’s Pacific Climate Change Roundtable (PCCR). The Roundtable, coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), is the main means for enabling a coordinated approach to carrying out the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Chang…
This summary provides the Chair’s assessment of the main thrusts of the deliberations at the second session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was attended by 152 Governments, 137 organizations, and 1688 participants in total. A draft of the summary was discussed in the final informal plenary and thereafter a revised draft was mad…
Synergies between disaster risk reduction and climate change: background note for consultation, informal paper prepared to support bi-lateral dialogue on the margins of the UNFCCC meetings, Bangkok, 31 March - 4 April 2008
The purpose of this paper is to assist Government policy advisors and negotiators in their follow up on Sub-paragraph 1 (c) (ii) an…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery annual report 2008:
This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s activities in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in development for 2008. It features how GFDRR increased its strategic partnerships with organizations in Africa…
This report presents a comprehensive action plan designed to minimize the loss of life and destruction brought on by increasing numbers of water-related disasters worldwide (such as floods, droughts, tidal waves, storm surges, etc.) and also to minimize loss of life in post disaster/conflict conditions.
It aims to bring life and a sense of urgency to t…
Duties and responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the UNISDR Regional coordinator and the World Bank GFDRR Counterpart and in order to contribute to the implementation of the World Bank/UNISDR South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP) the Consultant will, within delegated authority, be responsible for the…
17 July 2009, Palais des Nations 1.15-2.45 pm Room XXII
The side event will brief on the outcomes of the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2009. It will build on the Chair’s Summary of the Global Platform and highlight the lessons, findings and recommendations from global and regional reports and t…
The Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (DRR) opening in Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow (Tuesday) will hear details of the world’s safest places and those most threatened by sudden onset hazard.
The information is drawn from a new Mortality Risk Index (MRI) to be outlined at the conference attended by some 1,800 participa…
The recently published Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk and Poverty in a Changing Climate identifies ecosystems decline as a key disaster risk driver that will exacerbate natural hazards in the future. Healthy ecosystems provide, inter alia, essential natural barriers to reduce the impacts of floods and storm surges.
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The UNISDR secretariat Biennial Work Programme was developed following the second session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2009. It is based on the role and mandate of UNISDR as set by the UN General Assembly. The strategic direction for the 2010-2011 biennium is derived from the outcomes of the Global Platform and from regiona…