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Displaying 240 of about 367 resultsThe UNDRR Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) has been called upon by the Sendai Framework as an essential global partnership group providing technical advice and support in the formulation and implementation of disaster risk reduction activities worldwide.
Key objectives of their event are as follows:
To share and review progress i…
Hazard assessment and risk information are inadequate in many countries in Arab region mainly due to the lack of capacity that results in a failure to inform decision-making processes. Risk information, as an output of effective monitoring, dissemination and analysis, is key to addressing disasters and disaster risks in the continent. This is not only c…
The Silk Road, beginning in the Han Dynasty (207 BC-220 AD), crosses more than 70 countries and affects some 4.4 billion people (63% of the world). For centuries, the Silk Road has played an essential role in connecting the East and the West, through the exchange of the trade, science, technology and civilization. However, due to active underlying geolo…
Background and Introduction
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. At their best, cities have enabled people to advance socially and economically. Yet now that half of the world’s population live in cities, making sustainable and resilient cities - amidst a changing climate, rapidly depl…
Background and Introduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Adopted at the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in March 2015, it was the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven global targets and four priorities for acti…
In January 2018, the Government of India, in collaboration with UNISDR, hosted the first International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI2018). It brought together 21 countries and allied stakeholders to explore potential ideas for building the resilience of key infrastructure sectors (energy, transport, telecommunications, and water).…
Background of the National Risk Profiling Process
In 2018, as part of the “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities” Programme funded by the European Union, the National Disaster Management Authority, UNDRR and the CIMA Research Foundation have developed risk profiles for floods and…
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) straddles both development and humanitarian action. Although DRR programmes are often administered under humanitarian budget lines and through disaster management authorities, there is now a clear understanding of the need for disaster prevention to be firmly anchored in development programming, with a long-term vision of r…
In 2015, Members of the United Nations adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement for Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which together provide a road map for a more sustainable and resilient world. The implementation of each agenda has led to the creation of a range of institutional arrang…
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNDRR), a través de la Campaña Mundial Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: Mi Ciudad se está preparando, ha desarrollado una serie de metodologías y herramientas que permiten a las ciudades evaluar su resiliencia frente a desastres y formular su plan de acción para la red…
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) began in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.
Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness abo…
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SRSG WELCOME REMARKS
World Tsunami Awareness Day
Panel Discussion
5 November 2019, 1.15 pm - 2.30 pm, United Nations, New York
Excellencies, delegates, distinguished guests,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the fourth annual World Tsunami Awareness Day.
I am extremely pleased that His Excellency Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President…
SPEECH Bank of England, IDF Event, 13 February 2019
Ms. Mami Mizutori
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words about the role that the investment sector can play in promoting sustainable economic development and resilient communities.
Building resilience to disasters is a topic which is at the top…
GP2019 SRSG Speech Ministerial Round Table 1 (“Accelerating the achievement of the Sendai Framework: Benefits of coherence and integrated approach with SDGs and Climate Change”)
15 May 2019
I think it would be hard to overstate the benefits of coherence across our necessarily complementary efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, to re…