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The Asia and Pacific region and the Philippines are particularly vulnerable to disasters. Between 1970 and 2010, disasters and natural hazards caused an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the region, which was more than half the global total. Extreme weather events are expected to increase in the years to…
The R!SE initiative is an ambitious global response to a daunting global challenge, a new way of collaborating, to unlock the potential for public and private sector actors who are ready and willing to make a step forward and take leadership on disaster risk reduction.
The overall goal of the initiative is to make all investments risk-sensitive. R!SE w…
The training organised by the ASEAN-UNISDR Technical Cooperation in cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat will be held in Manila, Philippines from 21-23 March 2012. The course will be opened with the keynote from Helena Molin Valdes, Director a.i., UNISDR.
The Inspirational message will be given by Hon. Al Arquillano, Vice- mayor of San Francisco, Mun…
Senator Loren Legarda and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) are organizing a high level forum on strengthening disaster risk insurance in the Philippines as part of an effective strategy to improve the country's resilience.
"This forum will provide us with fresh insights on the importance of affordable and cost-effective di…
Background and Introduction
This workshop is module two (week two) of a three-week, three-year joint programme of UNISDR and KOICA. It is limited to nominated participants of the participating countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
At the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in…
Background
Millions of dollars of new business investment will be made in the private sector in the coming years. Much of it will be spent in hazard-exposed locations. How disaster sensitive this investment is will in part determine the future resilience of the country. In most economies, the private sector is responsible for 70–85 percent of this inve…
Background and Introduction
At the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in March 2015, 187 UN member states adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 – the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR).
The Sendai Framework was the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with se…
Background
The world is changing with an increasing global population growth rate and urbanization. Since 1990, the number of mega-cities has nearly tripled. In 2014, over half of the world’s population lived in cities, and by 2050 it is estimated that 66 per cent of the world’s population will be urban.
Given the rapid urbanization of cities and the…
Background
The world is changing with an increasing global population growth rate and urbanization. Since 1990, the number of mega-cities has nearly tripled. In 2014, over half of the world’s population lived in cities, and by 2050 it is estimated that 66 per cent of the world’s population will be urban.
Given the rapid urbanization of cities and the…
This workshop is the third in a series of three, supported by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs project for capacity building of Philippine Government on implementation of the Sendai Framework.
Workshop Aim
The Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop aims at supporting the capacity development and pilot testing of draft Sendai Framework indicators at…
Background
Typhoon Hagupit, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ruby, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones in 2014, tied with Typhoon Vongfong in terms of maximum sustained winds. Typhoon Hagupit particularly impacted the Philippines in early December 2014. Hagupit, the twenty-second named storm and the eleventh typhoon of the annual typhoon s…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and and SM Prime Holdings, Inc. will be hosting, for the second year, over thirty Chief Executive Officers and top managers from the region at the Top Leaders Forum.
This event is a platform where challenges and opportunities of disaster risk will be explored. The event will include presentations fr…
The Post-2015 consultation to be held with national and local government officials from Armenia, Cambodia, Gambia, Lao RDR, Mongolia, the Philippines and Republic of Korea at the second Leadership Development Forum on Developing Capacity and Legislation to Mainstream DRR into Development.
Issues to be addressed: (i) the lack of progress with implementa…
19 cities signed up to the new ‘Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready’ campaign at the national launch event in Legazpi City on 4 November 2010:
Abra Province, Bukidnon Province, Cagayan Province, Camarines Norte Province, Cotabato Province, Ilocos Sur Province, Kalinga Province, Maguindanao Province, Mountain Province, N…
This consultative meeting has been convened by Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committees on Climate Change and Foreign Relations, for Asian parliamentarians to discuss actions that parliamentarians can take and lead, in order to increase the resilience of Asian countries to disasters and climate change.
The expected results of the meeting…