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Tsunamis pose a massive threat to lives, livelihoods, homes, businesses and a community’s overall economic, social, and environmental wellbeing and resilience. While rare, when they do occur, tsunamis are the deadliest of all hazards. Over the past 100 years, 58 tsunamis have claimed more than 260,000 lives. This…
MCR2030 is a place where cities can find guidance and support to enhance understanding on risk reduction and resilience, to improve strategic planning to reduce risk and build resilience, and to take actions and progress along the resilience roadmap. It is a unique cross-stakeholder initiative for improving local resilience throug…
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Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
Intervention at the 146th Committee of the Regions (CoR) Plenary Session
DEBATE ON NATURAL DISASTERS: RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CITIES AND REGIONS
13 October 2021
Dear President Tzitzikostas,
Dear Commissioner Lenarčič,
Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the European Committ…
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) was officially opened by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi.
President Kenyatta addressed the ICPAC inauguration stating that “we live in uncertain times, increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and mo…
Young people from across the Americas and the Caribbean have asked for a greater role in preparing and implementing policies to reduce disaster risk in one of the most hazard-prone regions of the world.
The Youth Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction - The Americas and the Caribbean was an opportunity for some of the region’s 106 million young people to sh…
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Speakers
H.E. Mr. KAWAKAMI Fumihiro
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Fiji
Ms. Esline Garaebiti
Director General Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation,
Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
Mr. Arona N…
Key points
A major drought occurred in late 2017, early 2018 in the Pampas of central-eastern Argentina, a major world breadbasket. The drought was linked to a mild La Niña event and intraseasonal modes of atmospheric variability. Several locations in the Pampas showed historical lows in precipitation during this event. Lack of rainfall was compounde…
14 October 2021 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jordan organized a commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, under the patronage of the National Center for Security and Crises Management, and the participation of the UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS), World Food Programme in Jordan, and the Swiss…
This report highlights low levels of investments in disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction for the world’s most vulnerable countries. It throws into stark relief how little investment there is in disaster risk reduction against a backdrop of major planetary emergencies, including a doubling of major disaster events over the last 20 years. The c…
Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
Getting ahead of climatic disasters: Know, Predict, Warn, Act
COP 26 - 8 November
The impact of the climate emergency on our lives and development gains is clear. A warming planet will increase the intensity and frequency of disasters and extreme events, already at unprecedented levels.
We urgently need to a…
Mami Mizutori is the special representative of the UN secretary-general for disaster risk reduction and head of UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
For a growing number of populations around the world, facing a future of more frequent and extreme disasters will only be possible if more funding is channelled towards adaptation and disaster risk reducti…
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Remarks by SRSG Mizutori
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MESSAGE ON WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY
5 November 2021
Earlier this year we marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
It was a solemn day of remembrance for the 18,400 people who died or are still missing because of that catastrophe.
It also brought ho…
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VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean
November 1-4, 2021
Virtual Event
Closing Ceremony Remarks
Mrs. Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Hon. Min…
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Statement by SRSG Mami Mizutori on the Caribbean
Towards the sustainable development for SIDS: UNESCO Global SIDS dialogue series
Theme: Disaster Risk Reduction
22 October 2021
His Excellency Mr Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles,
Director General of UNESCO
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen,…
Workshop Goal:
This second consultation workshop is part of a series of consultation sessions on developing a national disaster risk reduction strategy that is coherent with climate change and sustainable development policies in Somalia as well as relevant regional and international policy frameworks.
Workshop Objectives:
Present and discuss Soma…