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Jakarta, 20 November 2018 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is using its convening power to strengthen, empower and mobilize young scientists to contribute to advancing disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific.  UNISDR supported and participated in a two-day workshop, organized by UNESCO, alongside the Indonesian Science…
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TUNIS, 14 October, 2018 - The first joint Africa-Arab States Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction closed this weekend with a commitment by over 60 UN member States to step up action on reducing disaster losses and work together in the face of common challenges. The challenges  were listed in the Communique of the Chair on Africa-Arab…
13 September 2018, Ha Noi – Mami Mizutori, the Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, has highlighted the opportunity and benefit to businesses of investing in disaster risk mitigation. “It’s not enough anymore just to respond,” said Ms Mizutori, who is also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction. “W…
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TOKYO, 13 March 2018 - A study of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami has emphasized the importance of economic recovery to the well-being of communities in the post-disaster phase. Professor Itsuki Nakabayashi from Meiji University noted that, according to his study, both the availability of jobs and livelihoods, and the revitalization of…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…
BackgroundIn September2015, member states of the United Nations have adopted the new 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development. This inclusive and transformative agenda sets thestrategic direction for building resilient cities and human settlements byresponding to concerns about the impacts of climate change and disaster risk.Prior to the SDGs, the Sendai…
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GENEVA, 19 March, 2018 - A new guide designed to support local governments in their efforts to prevent disasters and reduce disaster losses is now available in draft form for public review before it will be finalized and launched in three months’ time. The ‘Implementation guide for local disaster risk reduction and resilience strategies’ addresses the…
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GENEVA, 8 March 2018 - One week after the launch of the new online tool, 50 countries have logged on with the intention of using the Sendai Framework Monitor to report on their disaster losses and efforts to increase national and local strategies for disaster risk reduction.  “Fifty countries have already logged in to the on-line Sendai…
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GENEVA, 27 July, 2018 - The business professional who pioneered the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities has been elected as the new co-chair of ARISE, the UNISDR private sector partnership. Dale Sands of MD Sands Consulting Solutions will serve for two years as ARISE co-chair alongside Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representati…
Damage to critical infrastructure is escalating the global cost of extreme weather, earthquakes and tsunamis By Mami Mizutori Much of the success in reducing mortality from disasters across Asia and the Pacific, particularly in the case of storms and floods, is due to improvements in early warning systems, weather forecasts and timely evacuations…
GENEVA, 7 March 2018 - Marking International Women’s Day on March 8, UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Mami Mizutori made an appeal today for UN Member States to provide better data on the impacts of disasters on women and girls. “There is no doubt that if we have a better understanding of the extent to which a disproportionate…
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13 December 2018, Bangkok – As disaster losses increase throughout Asia and the Pacific, countries in the region need to accelerate action to reduce disaster risks and achieve the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.  This was a key message at the ISDR-Asia Partnership Forum, a two-day gathering of 100 delegates from 20 govern…
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GENEVA, 6 December, 2018 - The Philippines is emerging as a role model for engaging the private sector in building resilience to disasters under the leadership of Hans Sy, the executive chairman of SM Prime Holdings Inc. Mr. Sy announced last week the launch of SM Prime’s Business Continuity Program Facility which targets small and medium size enterpri…
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Geneva, 4 December 2018 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has launched a new mechanism for engaging with partners in implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The mechanism, which recognizes the need for a multi-sectoral approach to disaster risk reduction, was launched at a partners meeting held…
NEW YORK, 5 November, 2018 - Tsunamis are rare but devastating.  I saw this first-hand during my recent visit to Sulawesi, Indonesia, shortly after the earthquake and tsunami of 28 September.  More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were harmed or displaced. As well as struggling to deal with the losses and trauma, the people of S…

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