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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsThe Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean will be held next year in 2021.…
The 2020 edition of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Early Warning System (CARIBE EWS) World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) Webinar will be jointly organized by UNDRR and UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission together with its regional CARIBE EWS Intergovernmental Coordination Group and Caribbean Tsunami Inf…
World Urban Forum
High-Level Dialogue 2: Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change
10 February 2020, 9:00-12:00
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, UAE
Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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When drought shrank the Panama Canal's water levels earlier this year, measures kicked in to limit the amount of cargo allowed through the 80- km-long waterway, maintaining trade flows while helping protecting fresh water supplies for nearby communities.
Increasingly extreme weather makes it harder to predict water levels for the canal which is convers…