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Displaying 75 of about 270 resultsMexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard – who is poised to sign a historic emissions reduction agreement with over 70 other mayors days before the UN climate summit in Cancún – will be named champion of the Making Cities Resilient campaign by the UN’s top disaster risk reduction official, Margareta Wahlström, at a ceremony during the World Mayors Summit on Cli…
A new joint report from the World Bank and the United Nations says that annual global losses from natural disasters could triple to $185 billion by the end of this century, even without calculating the impact of climate change. Climate change could then add $28-$68 billion more in damages each year from tropical cyclones alone. The report also says th…
The UN system and ASEAN will commemorate the 2010 International Day for Disaster Reduction, and the ASEAN day for Disaster Management under the theme "Making Cities Resilient: My City Is Getting Ready!"
The commemorations will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 from 09:00-17:30 hours at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok.
The morning session wh…
School children from the Maldives will be visiting one of their native islands, Dhuvaafaru today for an awareness raising activity within the context of the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day. Dhuvaafaru was among the several islands severely affected by the 2008 tsunami.
Dhuvaafaru Island is considered to be a 'safer' island because of its geog…
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR), with the World Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced a joint cooperation, during the Bali Disaster Risk Reduction Forum.
The annual report of the Secretary General on "Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction" is now available in Arabic.
The report gives an overview of the global trends in disasters and disaster risks, challenges and opportunities in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action and guidance on coordination of actions through the…
Which of the following is a great wave caused by an earthquake under the sea? Tiramisu ? Tsunami ? Timbuktu? Answer: Tsunami. When there is an earthquake, why do some houses collapse while others don’t? Answer: Because they were poorly built with poor materials, or they were built in hazardous places …
Mentoring programme for young researchers launched in Bangkok in September by UNISDR and Stockholm Environment Institute
Geneva – Last month in Bangkok, a mentoring programme created by UNISDR and the Stockholm Environment Institute trained its first batch of young researchers, most in the mid-20s to mid-30s, in response to a request from the Intergov…
UNISDR says tackling urban risk will help reduce poverty, at the launch of the IFRC’s World Disasters Report 2010
Geneva -- Tackling urban risk is everybody's business from national to local governments, community groups, professional associations and the international community and will help reduce poverty, said Helena Molin Valdés, Deputy Dire…
Durban - Maputo (Mozambique) and Overstrand Municipality (South Africa) are the latest local governments to join the World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Making Cities Resilient - My city is getting ready!”
“Overstrand is full of natural beauty and rich in marine life. We are therefore signing up to preserve our environment,” said Theo Beyleveldt, Mayor…
Haitians have a right to minimum standards of safety
Months before the damaging quake of 12 January hit Port-au-Prince and neighbouring cities, human rights lawyer William O'Neill -- one-time senior advisor on human rights in the UN Mission in Kosovo, former chief of the UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, and who once led the legal department o…
Mayor of Port-au-Prince urges local governments to develop “a culture of security” at disaster risk reduction forum in Shanghai
Geneva – “Local governments need to develop a culture of security and have access to the means to respond to a catastrophe,” stressed Haiti’s Mayor of Port-au-Prince to other mayors gathered at a forum on disaster risk reducti…
Shanghai Expo 2010 - Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction
A “Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction” will be hosted by DEVNET in collaboration with UNISDR, UN-Habitat and ICLEI in the context of the Shanghai Expo 2010 "Better City, Better Life."
The forum will be held at the Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center in Shanghai from 28-30 July 2010. It will…
These good practices show how building the capacity of local institutions is key to sustaining disaster risk reduction, and demonstrate the immediate impact of local and national political commitments that institutionalise disaster risk reduction. Collaboration between local and national governments, civil society organizations and international agencie…
The government of the United Republic of Tanzania hosted the 2010 Africa Environment Day celebrations in Arusha. The day, themed ‘Africa Resilience to Climate Change: Protecting Biodiversity and Enhancing Traditional Knowledge’, was commemorated on 3 and 4 March 2010.
The event was attended by the Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania Hono…