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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsTo provide a solid baseline for risk monitoring in Bangladesh, a localized, sub-national Index For Risk Management (INFORM) was developed by the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office (UNRCO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Disaster Management and relief (MoDMR) with technical support from the Network for Information, Response and Preparedne…
Bangladesh and the Netherlands share one thing in common: both are situated in low-lying lands, making them prone to floods and other water management issues.
Around 40% of the Netherlands lies below sea level, while 70% of Bangladesh's land is within 1 meter to 3 meters above sea level.
Owing to their shared struggles, cooperation between the two cou…
Mr. Nasir Ahmed is a Rohingya refugee, who has been engaged in planting trees in Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh, the world’s biggest refugee camp. Mr. Ahmed receives cash for greening the refugee campsites where local forests were affected by the refugee influx in 2017, by far the largest and fastest refugee influx into Bangladesh.
Mr. Ahmed plays…
Local governments play an essential role in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and building resilience. At UNDRR’s 2022 Global Platform in Bali, local leaders from across the globe joined a productive discussion on important issues around disaster resilience at local level.
Participants at the Local Leaders Forum discussed how the Sendai Framework sup…
The Bangladeshi municipality of Pangsha has become the 1,000th member of a global partnership of local governments committed to strengthening their disaster resilience.
The district authority near Rajbari City, in the Greater Dhaka area, joined Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) to support the scale up of its effort to protect lives, livelihoods, a…