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Displaying 90 of about 98 resultsIn 2015, Members of the United Nations adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement for Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which together provide a road map for a more sustainable and resilient world. The implementation of each agenda has led to the creation of a range of institutional arrang…
Policy coherence is instrumental to address vulnerability and resilience holistically. Bearing in mind the complexities inherent to these processes, systems thinking have been recognized as an approach to enhance the exchange of knowledge and tools and optimize resources for sustainable development (UNESCAP, 2018).To this end, UNDRR is organising a mult…
Hazard assessment and risk information are inadequate in many countries in Arab region mainly due to the lack of capacity that results in a failure to inform decision-making processes. Risk information, as an output of effective monitoring, dissemination and analysis, is key to addressing disasters and disaster risks in the continent. This is not only c…
Background and Introduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Adopted at the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in March 2015, it was the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven global targets and four priorities fo…
The second meeting of the Arab Coordination Mechanism for Disaster Risk Reduction of 2018 will be held from 12 to 13 September 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia. The meeting will be organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for the Arab States in cooperation and coordination with the League of Arab States and the Governme…
The Third Arab Preparatory Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Doha, Qatar on April 30 - May 1 2017.
UNISDR, in collaboration with the League of Arab States (LAS) and the government of the State of Qatar will use this opportunity to discuss DRR efforts ahead of the Global Platform that will take place May 2017 in Cancun, Mexico. Th…
Regional Leadership Development Forum (RLDF) on Mainstreaming Adaptation and Disaster Reduction into Development (MADRiD), a programme that is aiming to increase high-level political commitment for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into overall economic and social planning processes; and to promote the establishment of su…
The Africa Working Group provides coordination and technical support to AUC, RECs, Member States and partners for the implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and its Programme of Action, in line with HFA. The AWG Core Group normally meets on a biannual basis while the AWG Extended Group meets annually, mainly in run up…
The Ebola outbreak that affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had severe socio-economic consequences. The affected countries have undertaken a remarkable effort to fight the devastating effects of the outbreak with the support of the international community. The focus now is on shifting from an emergency operation towards one of multi-faceted long-t…
The Conference in San'a will be the second regional initiative on disaster risk management and reduction to be held as a regional follow-up after the World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe, Japan, 18-22 January 2005, and subsequent adoption of Hyogo Framework for Action. The first Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference on “Buildin…
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Cet atelier de formation vise à familiariser les membres du Comité Intersectoriel pour la Gestion des Risques et Catastrophes avec la méthodologie Desinventar. Suite à la formation, il est prévu de mettre en place une base de données sur les pertes occasionnés par les catastrophes naturelles en République de Djibouti.
The Africa Union Commission will convene a regional workshop for the East Africa region in collaboration with the East African Community (EAC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) in Arusha. The Workshop aims to accelerate action in the implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and its P…
Government officials from Armenia, Cambodia, Gambia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia and Republic of Korea arrive in Incheon today for a five-day "Leadership Forum on Mainstreaming Adaptation and Disaster Reduction into Development." Over 30 officials from a variety of backgrounds will examine entry points for introducing disaster risk reduct…
A session organized to allow for Post-HFA consultations during the DRR sub regional platform co-organized by ECCAS and ISDR Africa. The conclusions of this first consultation were:
• Since some countries in Central Africa started the implementation of the HFA as late as 2009, it was recommended that the Post-HFA framework takes this in to account. It wa…
Introduction
In recent years, the nature and effects of disasters have changed. The December 2004 devastating tsunami event in South Asia showed that well-developed risk awareness could have saved many human lives. Recent catastrophes such as the Myanmar cyclone and Sichuan earthquake in 2008, the typhoons in Taiwan, Philippines and Vietnam, the eart…