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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsSANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, 21 August 2015 – A group of Cuban students has won an international prize awarded to budding architects who deploy their talents to reduce the risk of disasters.
The four-member team from the Central University Marta Abreu de las Villas won their award at the 7th i-Rec student competition in London, where the jury lauded their p…
GENEVA, 20 April 2015 – Inventors aiming to reduce the risk of disasters have flocked to Geneva to pitch a whole range of cutting-edge ideas, from earthquake-resistant buildings to lamps that make evacuations easier.
Tucked in among hundreds of fellow exhibitors from 48 countries at the annual International Exhibition of Inventions, innovators with an…
INCHEON, 13 April 2015 – A 16th century Samurai has left a powerful legacy on the floodplain as well as the battlefield in one of Japan’s most beautiful yet hazardous regions.
In the 1580s, during Japan’s Tensho Era, Samurai Narimasa Sassa constructed a levee called ‘Sassatei’ to protect the people of Toyama City from the mighty Joganji River.
Samurai…
TEHRAN, 6 October, 2015 - The head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the adoption of a global action plan by 24 countries to advance the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools (WISS) in line with the targets for reducing disaster losses set out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
In his opening address to the Second Meeting…
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…
This document describes the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools (WISS) and covers six key areas: 1. Why this Initiative; 2. What is a Safe School? 3. Worldwide initiative's objectives; 4. Key pillars of the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools; 5. What does it mean to be a Safe School Leader? and 6. How can Governments participate. In addition, it in…
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…
GENEVA, 25 April 2015 - One of Asia's poorest and most disaster-prone countries, Nepal is reeling from a massive earthquake near the capital Kathmandu which has claimed hundreds of lives.
The mountainous nation was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake at around noon local time on Saturday, with the epicentre in Lamjung District around 80 kilometres nor…