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Displaying 120 of about 530 resultsMorocco, 12-13 October 2022, The UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States participated in the South-South Cooperation Symposium on Climate Change, Migration, and Health in Morocco organized by the International Organization for Migration, in coordination with the Directorate of Moroccans Residing Abroad, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, and th…
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Since 2016, advocacy around World Tsunami Awareness Day has called on countries, international bodies and civil society to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk redu…
Partners in the Building Climate Resistance for the Urban Poor (BCRUP) initiative met in Nairobi on 7 September 2022 to step-up climate action for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Due to a growing population and increasing rural-to-urban migration, more than half of the world’s people live in rural areas, By 2050, tha…
“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…
‘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,…
Downtown Bridgetown, Barbados, smells of ripe fruit and incense. In the thriving marketplace, sellers and buyers dance to the hectic pace of midday in contrast to the Caribbean Sea, placid and shimmering on the horizon.
The sea is a major character in the life of the island. Past and present, a source of food and tourism, water is the islan…
Journalists and Media Professionals Contributing to Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Action
Cairo, 13 October 2022 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for Arab States, in cooperation with the Pacific Broadcasting Union and the Arab States Broadcasting Union, launched the Arab Media Networ…
This UNDRR-WMO joint report assesses the current global status of multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) against Target G of the Sendai Framework, collating data officially reported by the Member States with data collected through a WMO survey.
The findings identify countries’ challenges and note good practices in forecasting capabilities, early wa…
A report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that half of the countries globally are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems.
The numbers are even worse for developing countries on the front lines of climate change. Less than half of the Least Developed Cou…
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…
Registration for the VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP23) opened yesterday during the official launch of the event, which will take place from 28 February to 2 March in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
During the launch, held at the National Emergency System (Sinae) in the Executive Tower in Uruguay, Raul…
Survival is the most basic of all human instincts. Yet millions of people cannot survive because they are not warned of the impending disasters.
Today, one-third of the world’s population, mainly in the least developed countries and small island developing states, are not covered by disaster early warning systems.
In Africa, it is even worse: 60 per c…
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…
To mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Committee of Emergency and Civil Defense joined hands with UNDRR and UNICEF to organize a Children’s Drawing Contest in Dushanbe, with financial support from the European Union and USAID BHA
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2022 – A children’s drawings contest was held on Friday in Dushanbe to mark…
DUSHANBE, October 6, 2022 – A three-day Regional Forum - Meeting of the Heads of Emergency Authorities in Central Asia concluded today in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
This high-level annual meeting has brought together heads of emergency situations authorities and other government officials from all five Central Asian countries, as well as international devel…