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The fifth feature in this Making Cities Resilient 2030 series, under the theme ‘From Risk to Resilience: Building a Local Climate of Success’, profiles Matosinhos, in Portugal Matosinhos’ success in building an impressive record of early warning early action rests on one key principle: get close and stay close to your citizens. This so-called ‘proximit…
Sharm El-Sheikh, 11 November 2022, Following the ambitious plan to achieve ‘Early Warnings for All’ in the next five years, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), partnering with the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), hosted an event at COP27 under the title “Scaling-up…
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The fourth feature in this Making Cities Resilient 2030 series, under the theme ‘From Risk to Resilience: Building a Local Climate of Success’, profiles Incheon, in Korea   Incheon Metropolitan City is committed to protecting the lives and wellbeing of its more than 3 million citizens in the face of more frequent extreme temperatures. Each of Inc…
Webinar Recording     Course Description   One of the key gaps of local governments in accessing financial resources for implementation of disaster and climate resilience actions is the lack of capacity in preparing bankable projects.  This one-hour training aims to provide foundational knowledge on project preparation. It wil…
Early warning systems are a pivotal component of UNDRR’s strategy to move towards a world with zero climate disasters. The Action Plan announced at COP27 by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres – to put in place early warning system global coverage within five years – is a firm step in the right direction. Adaptation and resilience Increasingly extre…
ReGISTer HERE  Time November 24 - 9:00 a.m. (Panama Time) November 25 - 9:00 a.m. (Panama Time) Recordings Day 1 Day 2 About The Directorate General for Civil Protection and European Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) has been supporting the Latin American and Caribbean region since 1994 in fulfilment of its humanitarian mandate to pres…
This policy brief explores challenges faced in the integration of risk considerations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Risk mirrors today’s interconnected world, increasingly assuming a systemic nature, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. Actions in one system can create or reduce risk for another…
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‘We learnt that climate change is very, very expensive’. This was the candid reflection of the Deputy Mayor of Cologne, Germany, Mr Andreas Wolters (pictured above) as he recalled the havoc of severe flooding in his city 16 months ago. ‘We had no water for 8 days, no electricity for 10 days; shops, banks and petrol stations remained closed for 4 weeks,…
“Extreme weather events do not need to become disasters,” said Mozambique's President Nyusi on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, at the launch of a joint UNDRR-WMO publication on multi-hazard early warning systems. The report shows that multi-hazard early warning systems reduce the severity of disasters, allowing early action that prevents…
Organizers   UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia & Global Education and Training Institute (ONEA & GETI) Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS)   Event Description   Effective communication on disaster risk is key to strengthening the resilience of communities, and the media have a key role to play in supporting public…
The 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…
Climate disasters are hurting countries and economies like never before. Ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions are supercharging extreme weather events across the planet. I saw first-hand the devastation unleashed by the recent floods in Pakistan. These increasing calamities cost lives and hundreds of billions of dollars in loss and damage. Three tim…
Organizers   UNDRR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its project office - United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITA…
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LOCAL governments have shared a series of policy recommendations to support the scaling up of action to prevent and reduce disaster risk. Municipal leaders came together at two major conferences in Asia Pacific to ensure that the voice and experience of local governments is captured to positively influence the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework. A…
This 2021 UN Plan of Action Progress Report presents the summary of progress with regard to the three Commitments of the UN Plan of Action, based on the Results Framework, as reported by UN organizations for the year 2021. The UN Plan of Action is an important tool to maximize the joint impact of UN System action in support of countries to strengthen di…

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