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Displaying 90 of about 117 resultsYAOUNDE, 23 JULY 2015 – African governments today vowed to work together curb disaster losses over the next 15 years, with reductions in mortality, the numbers of people affected and the economic damage inflicted by natural and human-induced hazards.
The 37 countries at the 4th High Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction issued the Yaoundé Declaratio…
INCHEON, 20 June 2015 – New Zealand has signalled its strong commitment to adopt a ‘whole of society approach’ to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Minister of Civil Defence, the Hon. Nikki Kaye, told senior figures from central and local government, NGOs, research institutes, universities, the emergency services, communit…
BANGKOK, 12 June 2015 – India’s deadly heatwave shows that countries need to switch from disaster management to managing the risks, in line with the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, according to one of the country’s leading experts on development.
“The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction cannot be implemented in Asia without a…
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La UNISDR con el propósito de apoyar al Gobierno de Uruguay a evaluar de manera técnica e independiente el progreso alcanzado por el país en la implementación del MAH y generar una apreciación del estado de base respecto de las prioridades para el monitoreo de la implementación del Marco de Acción de Sendai, requiere contrat…
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Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and Secretariat of the International Str…
YEREVAN, 18 December 2015 – An international conference has agreed to step up efforts to increase public awareness of how to curb the impact of natural and man-made hazards, spurring the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Participants in the 3rd International Conference on Public Awareness as a Cornerstone of Disas…
PARIS, 11 December 2015 - Governments, civil society and the private sector are delivering on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and building resilience to climate-related disasters through efforts to protect ecosystems and biodiversity.
At the COP21 climate conference, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Secret…
STEPANAVAN, Armenia, 12 November 2015 – A global campaign that unites almost 3,000 cities dedicated to reducing urban disaster risk has sharpened its focus on Central Asia and the South Caucasus thanks to a regional role model.
The move marks a key step in the development of Making Cities Resilient campaign, launched by the UN in 2010. The flagship pro…
CAIRO, 14 October 14 2015 - The 18,000-strong community of Tuti, a River Nile island in the heart of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, has long been highly vulnerable to floods.
Their knowledge and understanding of the River Nile has kept them free from major loss of life and this week they were recognized as champions of disaster risk reduction by UNISDR…
PARIS, 7 October 2015 – Europe has begun three days’ of talks that will play a key role in driving forward its implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The 6th Annual Meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, which runs until Friday, brings together experts from 28 countries within the European Union and beyo…
This 2014 annual report is a mid-term report on the UNISDR 2014-2015 Biennium Work Programme. 2014 was a year in which much time was spent defining the future of disaster risk management. There were major gatherings around the world to weigh up the experience of the last ten years of implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), and the work of neg…
This document presents a compilation of verbatim references to disaster risk reduction in the following outcome documents on sustainable development:
Report of the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals
Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action
The Future We Want
Programme of Action for th…
This report presents the progress made in the implementation of the UN Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience, a UN strategy document adopted in 2013 for integrating disaster risk reduction into UN country level operations.
The current report looks at the impact of UN work, at UN leadership…
These easy look-up charts outline the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
The full chart outlines its scope and purpose, expected outcomes, goal, 7 targets, 4 priorities for action with supporting rationale, and 13 guiding principles.
The simplified chart outlines its scope and purpose, expected outcomes, goal, 7 targets, and lis…
Assessment of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (AIRDR) Publication No. 3
This report summarizes scientific knowledge on the emerging field of disaster governance. It explains what we currently know about governance and disaster risk management; how it has evolved over the past years; and where the research gaps are in our present knowledge. This ov…