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Displaying 15 of about 530 resultsThe use of science and technology in disaster risk reduction is one of the main themes on the agenda of the VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP23), which will be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, from February 28 to March 2, 2023.
The agenda, available for consultation HERE, features 37 sessions…
Participants from around the world once again convened during the Fourth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC4) held on 15 December 2022 at the International Research Institute for Disaster Science (IRIDeS) in Tohoku University.The conference included informative presentations and lively panel discussions following the theme: The Role of Youth and Tsun…
Issue 10 of the UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States Newsletter is out covering the period of July – December 2022 under the titles:
UNDRR ROAS at COP27
Regional Collaborations
News and Events
Publications
Media Center
Social Media Campaigns
December 2022, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States, published a Regional Policy Brief on Health System Resilience and Building Back Better from Disasters Post COVID-19 in the Arab Region, with the support of the Government of Japan. It is designed to highlight existing COVID-19 response measures within…
A new tool enables local governments to design, formulate, and implement disaster resilience strategies that are more inclusive of the perspectives and capacities of persons with disabilities. The Annex for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities to the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities provides an avenue for local governments to strengthen th…
Days of continuous rain across the Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago this winter have stiffened the resolve of the country’s Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) to launch the new Risk Information Exchange (RiX) developed by UNDRR.
‘Right now, days of continuous rain have led to widespread floods affecting households, agriculture,…
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 6 – 7 December 2022, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States convened the eighth Arab Partnership meeting for Disaster Risk Reduction in Sharm El-Sheikh, in cooperation with the Government of Morocco, creating a forum for technical and operational deliberations on the progress, chall…
This scoping report provides insights on how strengthening the connection between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) could reinforce efforts to enhance the protection of persons with disabilities in disaster risk situations.
It looks into article 11 of the CRP…
BONN, 2 December 2022: Three UN agencies are working together to develop a new tracking system for disaster impacts following agreement at COP27 on a global loss and damage fund to provide assistance to developing nations suffering from the impact of climate change.
UNDP, the World Meteorological Organization and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reducti…
BONN – 29 November 2022: Experts from some 40 countries gathered in Bonn today to improve understanding of disaster losses and damages following agreement at COP27 to scale up support for vulnerable countries struggling to cope with extreme weather due to climate change.
Opening the two-day Technical Expert Forum, Loretta Hieber Girardet, UNDRR Chief o…
BRUSSELS, 28 November 2022 – High level representatives from Central Asian states, the European Union, United Nations and other key stakeholders met to assess a regional climate resilience project which saw the development of a joint Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia, the first ever such collaboration in one of the world’s most climat…
The ninth feature in this Making Cities Resilient 2030 series, under the theme ‘From Risk to Resilience: Building a Local Climate of Success’, profiles Makati, in Philippines
As the Philippines’ business capital, Makati City goes from a city of 600,000 residents to one of 5 million each day. With a robust economy and growing business opportunities, Mak…
Event Date, Time & Venue
Date: 31 October - 01 November 2022
Time: 14:00-18:00 hrs.
Venue: Hybrid - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Zoom.
Organizers
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mongolia
UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)
Making Cities Resil…
After tropical cyclone Eloise hit Eswatini in 2021, the country’s National Disaster Management Agency’s (NDMA) ‘Build Back Better’ program kicked in to help build nearly 800 homes over the next year. The project also included building foot bridges for communities, said Wandile Mavuso of the NDMA.
Now, the agency is focused on a preparation rather than…
Seven years after the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and a year prior to the culmination of its Mid-Term Review (MTR), the world’s underlying vulnerabilities and inequities were violently exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
At its seventh session, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) formulated m…