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Displaying 8 of about 8 resultsThe United Nations General Assembly has designated 13 October as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. The 2022 edition takes place during the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework, which will conclude at a High-level Meeting of the General Assembly in May 2023 with a political…
The aim of the Conference is to converge on the priority requirements for the Southern African region to further accelerate the implementation of Sendai Target G, to substantially increase availability of and access to early warnings. The conference will also take into consideration the gaps identified in the implementation of the Sendai Framework…
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The Arab Region is considered one of the world's major climate change hotspots and highly vulnerable to the negative impacts of global warming. Depending on the extent of climatic disruption, the consequences of climate change are expected to worsen already critical situations present in the region, and function as a risk multiplier to disast…
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Women, girls, boys, men, and people of diverse gender identities have distinct vulnerabilities in each context that shape the way that they experience and recover from disaster impacts. Effective disaster risk reduction requires meaningful and diverse participation, engagement, and leadership, through an inclusive and accessible, all-of-soci…
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In November 2022, the world will come together for the next round of climate negotiations at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to effectively tackle the global challenge of climate change.
On the margins of and during the conference, UNDRR will be part o…
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This National workshop on “Global risk assessment framework -Strengthening Methods for Risk Analysis & Risk data governance in Sudan” is being organized jointly by the National Council of Civil Defence, the Government of Sudan, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
The adoption of the Sendai Framework for Dis…
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The Arab Region is considered one of the world's major climate change hotspots and highly vulnerable to the negative impacts of global warming.
Depending on the extent of climatic disruption, the consequences of climate change are expected to worsen already critical situations present in the region, and function as a risk multiplier to dis…
On 5 November 2022, UNDRR is launching the #GetToHighGround campaign under the umbrella of the World Tsunami Awareness Day in collaboration with the national and local governments. The campaign is launched globally with the symbolic walk along the tsunami and other hazards evacuation route to raise awareness. The launch is taking place in Mauritius, Qua…