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Register here 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…
GENEVA, 16 July 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, today extended her condolences to all those affected by the current severe floods across Europe and urged greater investment in disaster risk reduction against a natural hazard which, until the arrival of COVID-19, has typically affected…
Explore the multimedia version Some of the most important risks faced by humankind today are environment-related: extreme weather, biodiversity loss, natural hazards, and human-made environmental disasters. In large part, the rising risks are the result of environmental degradation occurring worldwide due to increased human activity. However, these ris…
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Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people.  The extensive impacts of drought are consistently underreported even though they span large areas, cascade through systems and scales, and linger through time, aff…
Watch Video Recording       Ambassador Jon Åström Gröndahl Embassy of Sweden in Thailand Mr. Yuichi Oba Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission Permanent Representative to ESCAP Embassy of Japan in Thailand         Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr. Undersec…

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