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This week’s Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be carbon neutral, in line with the “Greening the UN” initiative which aims at climate neutrality. Accordingly, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) secretariat, which is organising the conference - attended by some 1,800 participants from more than 300 Governme…
The 2009 laureate for the Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction is geologist Dr Eko Teguh Paripurno. He receives the award - valued at US$ 50,000 - for his lifetime contribution and his outstanding commitment to reduce disaster risk and building capacity at the community level in Indonesia, one of the countries most vulnerable to multiple hazards.
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The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction opens in Geneva
Leaders and representatives from some 165 Governments gathering here today for the 2009 Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will be urged to ‘invest today for a safer tomorrow’ – or face much harder decisions in the years to come.
In a world increasingly affected by climate chang…
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the regional partners of the campaign (International Federation of the Red Crescent (IFRC), Plan International, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will organize a public concert of the Youth Symphonic Orchestra of Panama. Th…
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), together with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), will hold an awards ceremony and exhibition for a regional drawing competition entitled "Safe Hospitals – Hospitals i…
Since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action in 2005, greater awareness of the importance of reducing disaster risk has emerged among different stakeholders. Overall, in the Arab region, there has been some progress on political and national commitment to risk reduction, developing of institutional mechanisms and strategies, enhancing early warn…
Background
The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) calls on States, regional and international organizations, and ISDR system partners as well as the ISDR secretariat to prepare periodic reviews of progress and to identify gaps and challenges in implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR). To this end, a multi-tiered process of progress reviewing at the na…
Training module on climate change considerations in the coastal zone and disaster risk reduction, session 3, Mangroves for the Future regional training course, Semarang, Indonesia, 27-31 October, 2008:
This presentation emphasizes practical demonstration and use of the measures, tools and approaches for implementing projects on disaster risk reduction…
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Towards a safer world for all
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Contributions
- Disaster in the Region
- Partners in Action
- Education
- Multimedia
Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Disaster in the Region
- Contributions
- In the Spotlight: Moutain Areas
- Partners in Action
- Kids an Youth
- Multimedia
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Disaster in the Region
- Contributions
- Partners in Action
- Kids an Youth
- Multimedia
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- UN/ISDR Global News
- UN/ISDR Regional News
- Partners In Action
- Thematic Areas of Focus
- Education
- International Day For Disaster Reduction
- The Hyogo Framework for Action
- Debate
- Training Opportunities
- Publications & Multimedia
With the aim of guiding the implementation of the Hyogo Framework Framework (HFA) in respect to drought, this document elaborates a framework for understanding drought and vulnerability to drought, and provides guidance on actions to reduce the risks associated with drought. It discusses drought policy and governance, risk identification and early warni…
This report on Project Selamat, aimed at building community level coping capacities towards long-term resilience as a direct implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), describes the activities of academic institutions working with NGOs and governments on a collaborative model of a locally appropriate process of institutionalizing risk reduc…