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Displaying 15 of about 131 resultsRolling out early warning systems, boosting community resilience and better protecting economies and livelihoods in the Caribbean topped the agenda at the Comprehensive Disaster Management conference in Sint Maarten as the region grapples with the growing impact of climate change.
Event organizer - the Caribbean Disasters and Emergency Agency (CDE…
UNDRR is issuing a new call for Expressions of Interest for individuals to be considered for the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) Expert Group in its second phase: Operationalization and Development of the Framework.
The GRAF seeks to understand and communicate the state of global risk and to facilitate an approach to reducing risk in support of…
Inspiring individuals who reduce disaster risk
Do you know an inspiring individual who has helped build community resilience and reduced the risk of disasters? If yes, we’d like to hear from you.
The stories will be used in a new campaign called Faces of Resilience by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and GNDR.
We would like to tell…
The 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…
Suva –Local wisdom, ownership and leadership are critical factors for effective humanitarian action in support of communities exposed and vulnerable to climate and disaster risk. Preparedness and response planning need to be more collaborative and inclusive, the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP) ’s webinar on ‘Local Humanitarian Action for a Res…
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…
Since the tragedy of the 2015 earthquakes, Nepal has undergone a political and structural transformation in how it approaches disaster risk governance. This has resulted in the decentralization of authority to the lowest levels of government in an effort to build resilience from the ground up.
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is most effective when…
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…
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…
Contexto y Introducción
Todas las comunidades están expuestas a emergencias y desastres relacionados con cualquier tipo de amenazas naturales, brotes epidémicos y aquellas producidas por el hombre, biológicas, químicas, radiológicas, tecnológicas, conflictos y otros. En un contexto de urbanización creciente y cambio climático, la frecuenci…