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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsTUNIS, October 12, 2018 - Tsunami risk may be low in the African and Arab States but it is increasing as more and more infrastructure is located and built along the Mediterranean coast,small islands and other tourist hot spots.
That is the consensus among seismic experts meeting at the Africa-Arab States Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction which is und…
The commemoration of the World Tsunami Awareness Day was organized during the Africa-Arab Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which was themed “Towards disaster risk Informed and inclusive sustainable development” (09-13 October 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia).
The Government of the Republic of Tunisia and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN…
Tokyo, 19 December 2018 – The world must overcome “its desire to forget’ was the message from a leading Japanese advocate for tsunami risk awareness at the 2nd World Tsunami Museum Conference.
Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Teru Fukui, spoke of Japan’s national resilience movement, and extending the movement to the rest of the world.…
NEW YORK, 19 July 2018 – The Sendai Framework Monitor received a ringing endorsement at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) for Sustainable Development which concluded this week.
The online tool, launched in March by UNISDR, benchmarks progress on reducing disaster losses and meeting the seven targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Re…
GENEVA, 29 February 2018 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has engaged CIMA Research Foundation to generate risk profiles on flood and drought in 16 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The countries that will be involved in the risk assessment are: Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Bot…