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Displaying 13 of about 13 resultsIn the morning visitors will be able to watch three simulations (3 minutes) using VR headsets to feel and understand the impact of earthquakes. The VR experience is sponsored by Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc., a company based in Japan with the support of the UNISDR Kobe Office. The VR event will include three virtual scenarios based on the experience of…
A Not So Obvious Conversation - Living with Disability & Disasters
A disaster resilient planet means everyone must be part of the solution.
Decisions and policies to reduce disaster risks must reflect the needs of persons living with disabilities
Investment in disaster risk reduction must provide for the needs of persons living with disabilitie…
The 13th of October is the International Day for Disaster Reduction. To mark the Day which also coincides with the Tenth anniversary of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), the UNISDR secretariat will call on all its partners to play a more active role to protect cities against disasters and encourage more mayors and citizens to joi…
Photo exhibition at the Palais des Nations entitled "Shared Risks, Shared Responsibility: Opportunities for Cooperation". The official opening of the exhibition on 7 February at 1230pm will be attended by Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Ambassador - Permanent Representative of Switzerland Alexandre Fasel, and UN Speci…
UNISDR will be hosting a special reception observing the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The event will be held this coming Thursday, 13 October, from 17:30-19:30 at the Delegates' Restaurant on the 8th floor of the Palais des Nations.
Programme
• Video Message from UN Secretary-General, H.E. BAN Ki-moon
• Message by the Mayor of Genev…
As tsunami risk is not always associated with lakes, UNISDR will take the opportunity of being in Geneva to raise awareness this year about the tsunami risk linked to the geology of lake and will show “The Wave” at the Empire cinema as part and in collaboration of the ONU Cine activities.
The Wave (Norwegian: Bølgen) is a 2015 Norwegian catastrophe dra…
Tsunamis are rare events but they affect a lot of people when they happen in particular communities living in coastal areas, having devastating impacts on housing, infrastructure and livelihoods. Over 11 million have been affected by tsunamis this century.
This year and for its second edition, the 2017 World Tsunami Awareness Day will align with the th…
The United Nations Information Service in Geneva will organize in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), a two-day seminar on "Reducing Disaster Risks to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals", on 12 and 13 October 2017, 9:00 until 17:00.
The aim of the United Nations Seminar Series is to deepen peopl…
Context
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (launched by UN General Assembly in 2000) and the adoption by States of the “Hyogo Framework for Action 2010-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters” (HFA) has provided strong impetus to the overall goal to ‘substantially reduce disaster losses in the social, econom…
National media organizations play an important role in promoting national disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and programmes. To do so, however, they need to know what disaster risk reduction is about and to have established contacts with key DRR professionals who can provide them with accurate and timely information. At the same time, National Platf…
The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction aims to continue the momentum into a durable and sustained effort from all actors - governments, NGOs and civil society, international agencies and organizations, academic and technical institutions, and the private sector - to take shared responsibility in reducing risks and reinforc…
UNISDR and the Swiss government invite all media based in Geneva to attend a press conference where they will be briefed on the forum’s expected outcomes.
Under the theme: “Invest today for a safer tomorrow: Increase investment in local action,” the forum expects more than 2,000 representatives from government, civil society and the private sector…
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP), which takes place every two years, is the global forum for accelerating world-wide momentum on disaster risk reduction. As the primary gathering for the world’s disaster risk community, it brings together Governments, UN, international regional organizations and institutions, NGOs, scientific/academi…