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Displaying 105 of about 367 resultsGENEVA, 16 May 2019 – The Department of Civil Defence of Campinas, Brazil, the Mahila Housing Sewa Trust, India, and Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, are the three laureates of the 2019 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction. They have been recognised for initiatives which protect…
GENEVA, 15 May, 2019 - The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction opened in Geneva today with the focus on raising levels of ambition when it comes to reducing disaster risk in a world where vulnerability and exposure is dramatically on the rise.
Four years after the adoption of the Sendai Framework – the global plan to reduce disaster losses - 11…
Organizations working to build resilience are submitting voluntary commitments in support of the Sendai Framework, the global roadmap for reducing disaster losses by 2030.
Among the first group of organizations to submit their commitments and have them published are the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS…
BANGKOK, 28 January 2019 – In partnership with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) launched on 24 January an online learning course on the use of the Sendai Framework Monitor.
This free online course is available to all Member States to guide officials on how to prepare and upload national and loca…
BANGKOK, 10 January 2019 – Early warning and early action helped ensure that tropical storm Pabuk, which struck the southern region of Thailand last week from 3 to 5 January, passed with limited loss of life. The storm, however, caused high economic losses and considerable damage to critical infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.
Warning…
By Mami Mizutori, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
The devastation of one of Mozambique’s largest cities, Beira, by Cyclone Idai, which claimed hundreds of lives, is stark evidence that the countries which contribute least to climate change are the ones being affected by it the most.
These last years of record global warmth have…
Lucas Hallel ASCOM/FUNAI Pataxó Indigenous people live in the village of Naõ Xohã, on the banks of the Paraopeba river damaged by the collapse of a mining dam in Brumadinho, Brazil.
By Mami Mizutori
The decision by Vale, the world’s largest manufacturer of iron ore, to decommission ten of its tailings dams in Brazil is welcome, but it will seem too…
INTRO
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…
The 4th Arab Partnership meeting for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cairo, Egypt. The two days meeting will focus on updating governments and stakeholders on the progress in DRR in the region and will provide an opportunity for governments and partners to discuss the way forward for the region in implementing the Sendai Framework and achieving…
More people live in urban areas than in rural areas today, and the proportion is expected to be over two-third by 2050. Urbanisation mirrors economic growth, but rapid and unplanned urbanisation and environmental degradation act as key risk drivers leading to a growing spate of disasters in cities. Climate change will further amplify risk and exacerbate…
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…
Background
“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…
Background:
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…