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Displaying 90 of about 367 resultsA series of High Level Dialogues kicked off at the Global Platform yesterday with a discussion on progress made in implementing the global plan to reduce disaster losses, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
To date, 116 countries have started using the Sendai Framework Monitor to report against their progress on reaching the seven Sendai…
GENEVA, 16 May 2019 - The large-scale drop in disaster mortality in Bangladesh in recent times was due to a deliberate policy of promoting women's leadership in all sectors, a Special Session on Women Leadership was told yesterday at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, a Member of Parliament in Bangladesh…
GENEVA, 14 May, 2019 - Visionary leadership and good governance are the cornerstones of resilient and sustainable development in small island developing states (SIDS).
In particular, government representatives and partners on the frontline of escalating climate and disaster risk identified the need to for much more women’s leadership at all levels and…
GENEVA, 13 May, 2019 - Heads of media and UN agencies met today in Geneva to discuss how public service media and worldwide print and radio media outlets can contribute to reducing disaster risk, saving lives and fulfilling their mandate to further the public good.
“Media outlets and global agencies play a critical role in alerting, informing and educa…
Bangkok – Considered one of the worst storms to hit eastern India since 1999, Cyclone Fani left behind a trail of destruction and as of 6 May took the lives of around 38 people in the state of Odisha, according to media reports. Odisha, however, is no stranger to cyclones. In 1999, a super cyclone killed 9,885 people according to the official…
KATHMANDU, 30 April, 2019 - Four years after an earthquake that could have killed thousands of schoolchildren ,a concerted effort is underway to ensure that every school in Nepal has introduced a basic earthquake safety programme.
The so-called Gorkha earthquake claimed 9,000 lives and destroyed 50,000 classrooms but, by a stroke of good fortune,…
Tel Aviv 12 March 2019 –More than 130 000 children have taken part in the first national tsunami simulation ever done with schools in Israel.
Jointly organized by Israel's National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness and the Ministry of Education, the tsunami simulation involved schools located on the 271 kms of Israel coastlines consi…
On August 16 and 17, 2018 in Panamá city, Panamá; SE-CEPREDENAC and UNISDR will develop a two day regional consultation workshop oriented in revising the first document draft of the Regional Plan of Disaster Risk Reduction in Central America 2019-2023, as part of the Regional project: "Making resilient comunities in Central America through the implement…
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 action…
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“The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction with its seven targets for the prevention of disasters and reducing disaster losses is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The poor and most vulnerable, including women and girls, suffer disproportionately in disasters. Let’s put more effort into tackling disaster risk…
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Launched in May 2010, the Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is getting ready!' Campaign1, has been successful in raising awareness and political profile for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience among cities. Upon the recommendation of partners and cities at the High-Level Forum on Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk…
The Stakeholder Forum aims at providing a space for stakeholders to coordinate and exchange best practices around inclusion, collaboration and engagement in preparation for the official sessions of the Global Platform. Discussions will focus on ways to ensure effective collaboration and how the newly-launched UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism will…
About this course
In March 2018, the Sendai Framework Monitor was launched by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction as the official tool to report on global and national implementation progress of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, as well as related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
This course fr…
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Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Cities in Ningbo is co-organized by the ICLEI – Local Government for Sustainability and UNDRR ONEA-GETI, to introduce the cutting-edge knowledge, theory, tools, cases and international platforms of disaster risk reduction and resilient cities to relevant department…
Recognizing the critical need to enhance business resilience to reduce economic losses and strengthen overall resilience of the national economies, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) will organize a consultation among relevant business networks and technical experts. The consultation will focus on the resilience building needs of busine…