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YAOUNDE, 7 August 2015 – Recovering from floods that killed dozens of people and displaced thousands in June and July, Cameroon is working to rein in risk in its fast-growing urban centres. The capital Yaoundé, with 1.8 million people, and 1.9-million-strong maritime metropolis Douala are both highly flood prone. Over the past two months, some 40,000 p…
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TBILISI, 11 November 2015 – Officials from Central Asia and the South Caucasus have come together to craft a roadmap to make the region’s cities more resilient by implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Drawing delegates from host country Georgia and Caucasus neighbour Armenia, as well as Central Asian states Kazakhstan and Kyrgy…
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INCHEON, 24 September 2015 – Korea’s advance towards a national integrated public-safety communications network is being heralded as an example of how disaster risk reduction represents a major business opportunity. The country aims to launch its world-leading system – the so-called Long Term Evolution (LTE) public safety network – in 2017, and several…
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GENEVA, 18 August 2015 – UNISDR has added new momentum to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international plan to curb deaths and economic damage caused by natural and man-made hazards. The 'Words into Action' process, launched today, will gather experts from around the globe to shape by the end of 2016 a…
Ministers of Education from Safe School Leader Countries are cordially invited to attend the Second Meeting of Safe School Leaders that is being hosted by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 4-5 October 2015 in Tehran. The meeting will build on the commitments made to the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools and school safety implementat…
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This document reports on the Private sector forum: Making the business case for disaster risk reduction (DRR), held on 13-14 January 2015 in Suva, Fiji. It identifies the following main outcomes: (i) Fijian business shared several good practices in disaster risk management; (ii) Critical infrastructure entities in Fiji requested additional practical…
This workshop aims to bring key organizations and stakeholders as well as local representatives to discuss the further local-urban indicators and their means to implement the target of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
To better understand the current capacities and needs of the hotel industry in disaster resilience, this study aims to analyze the business context and its needs for specific disaster risk management standards, and make recommendations on how those standards could be most effective in reducing disaster risks. This study conducted 17 semi-structured int…
This disaster risk reduction situation report explains the drivers of disaster risk in Nepal and draws attention to the efforts that have been undertaken to reduce these risks. Within these efforts special attention is paid to the economics of DRR, insurance and risk transfer, critical infrastructure, cultural heritage, and health and health facilities.…

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