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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsThe case study aims to enhance the understanding of policy design and implementation practices in support of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), identify good practice examples and provide recommendations to advance coherence between DRR and CCA practices in Uganda. The case study also aims at gaining a better understandin…
Two city leaders on the frontline of efforts to reduce climate and disaster risk firmly believe that building resilience is ‘absolutely doable and achievable’ even in such a period of unprecedented uncertainty. Their positive conclusion is even more uplifting considering the challenges Wroclaw, in Poland, and Kampala, in Uganda, currently face.
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As part of Africa Climate Week 2022, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction held a side event titled “Road to COP27: Scaling up Joint Action for Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management.”
The event, hosted in partnership with Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) and The Deutsche Gesellscha…
NAIROBI, 15 December, 2022: Hot on the heels of COP27, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has brought together ten of Africa’s most disaster-prone nations who want to accelerate climate action through better management of disaster and climate risks.
The ten are among those countries which contribute least to global greenhouse gas emissions but a…