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Displaying 15 of about 28 resultsLONDON, 6 November 2015 – The new UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, or ARISE, got to work today as members set out their ambition to help the business world rein in the impact of natural and man-made hazards.
ARISE’s freshly-elected board co-chair Mr. Oz Ozturk said its members – 100 to date, and growing -- aimed to play…
The R!SE initiative is an ambitious global response to a daunting global challenge, a new way of collaborating, to unlock the potential for public and private sector actors who are ready and willing to make a step forward and take leadership on disaster risk reduction.
The overall goal of the initiative is to make all investments risk-sensitive. R!SE w…
LONDON, 5 November 2015 – Efforts to ensure that businesses play a key role in curbing disaster risk have passed a new milestone with the debut of the UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies.
Dozens of representatives of companies, industry bodies and research organizations from around the globe have come together in the British…
JAKARTA, 28 August 2015 – Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has told business leaders that the private sector is vital to efforts to reduce the country’s disaster risk.
The BNPB’s Deputy Chief for Prevention and Mitigation, Mr. Bapak Wisnu Widjaja, extended the hand of partnership to a gathering of more than 30 executives.
Mr. Wid…
PAVIA, 21 January 2015 – The GEM Foundation today launched OpenQuake, a web-based platform which allows access to a wide variety of sources on earthquakes, enabling cutting-edge risk assessment and the sharing of information with a broad community. It is the fruit of an open source collaboration by over 300 experts across the world.
The head of UNISDR,…
This meeting is a part of the 'Open Days: 13th European Week of Regions and Cities'
The "Post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action: managing risks to achieve resilience” will be used as an umbrella topic. In line with the Committee of the Regions opinion adopted, the main focus will be on prevention, preparedness and resilience of local and regional author…
NEW YORK, 27 September 2015 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and its existing private sector partners have called on businesses around the globe to join a new initiative that aims to raise resilience in the face of natural and man-made hazards.
“ARISE: the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies” is set to be launched formal…
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…
Addis Ababa, 16 July 2015 – The global importance of disaster risk reduction has received fresh international recognition, etched into a deal agreed today at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda aims to overhaul global finance practices and generate investments for tackling a range of economic,…
DHAKA, 19 June 2015 – Bangladesh, one of the most hazard-prone and climate-vulnerable countries in the world, is widely recognised as a leader in tackling the threat of disasters. Policymakers and practitioners in the South Asian nation are ramping up their efforts to make their country even more resilient as they move to implement the Sendai Framework…
SENDAI, 16 March 2015 – A UNISDR private sector champion today called for the high standards that are typically applied to major infrastructure projects to be the benchmark for the majority of urban areas that are residential and home to small businesses.
Mr. Aris Papadopoulos, retired CEO for Titan America and the first Chair of UNISDR’s Private Secto…
Job Opening number : 15-United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat-42885-Consultant
Extended - previous closing date: 10 May 2015
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These proceedings highlight the five days of deliberations, discussions and presentations held at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) held at Sendai City, Japan in March 2015. The proceedings include the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, and a chart of the Framewor…
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…
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks: (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (iii) Investing in disaster reduction for resilience and; (iv) Enhancing disaster p…