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Displaying 15 of about 123 resultsThe American University in Dubai is organizing a special lecture led by Ms. Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction on Disaster Risk Reduction for Business Resilience: Why bother?
University Background: The evolution of the American University in Dubai began as a fact-finding mission in 199…
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EVENT DATE, TIME, VENUE
Date: 9 December 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 10 AM - 5:30 PM Seoul/Incheon, GMT+9
Venue: Virtually (Seoul On & Youtube)
EVENT LANGUAGE
English (Korean simultaneous interpretation will be provided).
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Urban safety is a fundamental valu…
Webinar Recording
EVENT DESCRIPTION
From 2010 to 2019
Since its founding in 2010 with the support of the Ministry of Interior and Safety (MOIS) and Incheon Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, a small team at the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction office in Incheon for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Glob…
UNDRR, African Union Commission, and CIMA webinar series:
Using risk information and disaster risk profiles to inform DRR and decision making: the road map for improving the availability, access and use of disaster risk information for Early Warning and Early Action and in support of the DRR agenda in Africa.
4th and final webinar:
The methodolo…
5 November 2020 10:00 – 11:30 CET ( Geneva time)
BACKGROUND
Building on the first and second World Tsunami Museum Conferences held in Japan in 2017 and 2018, UNDRR will organize the Third World Tsunami Museum Conference as a virtual event from Geneva on 5 November from 10:00 – 11:30 CET( Geneva time). The digital event will highlight the work of…
Date and Time
10 - 12 November 2020
7-8:30 AM New York City, Panama | 12-1:30 PM London | 1-2:30 PM Geneva | 2-3:30 PM Cairo, Cape Town | 9-10:30 PM Incheon
Day 1 Recording
Day 2 Recording
Day 3 Recording
Background and Introduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Sustainable Development…
The 2020 edition of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) focuses on “good risk governance”. Many disasters can be avoided or minimized if there are disaster disk deduction strategies and national adaptation plans in place to manage and reduce existing levels of risk and to avoid the creation of new risk.
In recognition of the…
Objective:
The main objective of the webinar is to highlight how good disaster risk governance, planning and implementation leads to reduced numbers of people affected by disasters (especially in terms of death, injury, displacement and loss of livelihood).
The webinar will focus on Target E, disaster risk governance and the need to develop polic…
On behalf of United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale (CIMA) Foundation we are pleased to invite you to the third webinar in the series entitled Using risk information and disaster risk profiles to inform DRR and decis…
Webinar Recording
Background
COVID-19 has been a massive challenge for cities that are being tested with extremes of COVID-19 spread, with simultaneous health, social and economic crises. Cities and local authorities who are at the forefront of combatting COVID-19, with continuous management of a wide range of public health o…
Webinar Risk Governance in context of Systemic Risk in the Americas and the Caribbean - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNDRR - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Date: Tuesday, October 13th. 9:00 a.m. (Panama time).
Registration link: https://undrr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yds2kF_8QHSAl9kTNm3gfQ
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The first meeting for UAE ARISE will be conducted on September 8, 2020 at 12:00 (GST) in Burj Khalifa with virtual facilities to attend the meeting online.
The meeting will be attended by UAE ARISE members, Chief of UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States and Dr. Dena Assaf, the United Nations Resident Coordinator for the United Arab Emirates.
In…
The United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is organizing periodic regional consultation workshops to review progress made, address challenges and issues faced and support the identification of remedial measures and solutions. Since the next milestone for reporting on the progress made in achieving the seven global targets of Sendai Framework…
Context and Justification
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing countri…
The purpose of this workshop is to strengthen China’s ability to report damage and loss data and national implementation progress of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction through the online Sendai Framework Monitor.
It will aim to do this through:
Increasing participant understanding of Targets and Indicators of the Sendai Framework…