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Displaying 45 of about 204 resultsThe Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management is an annual conference jointly organised by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Pacific Community (SPC) with support from international and national partners. The event represents a unique opportunity for governments to reaffirm their political commitments to the…
BackgroundIn September 2015, member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This interdependent, universal, and transformative agenda sets the strategic direction for building resilient cities and human settlements by responding to concerns about the impacts of cli…
Background and Introduction
“Making cities sustainable and resilient: implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level” is a three-year initiative by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), supported by the European Commission…
بناءاً على مبادرة جامعة الدول العربية سيعقد مكتب الأمم المتحدة للحد من مخاطر الكوارث بالتعاون مع برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي ، ودائرة البيئة والإسكان والتنمية المستدامة وكذلك دائرة الأزمات لدى جامعة الدول العربية ورشة عمل لمدة يومين فى الفترة ما بين 24-25 تشرين الثاني 2013 وذلك بهدف الإنتهاء من وضع خطة تنفيذ الإستراتيجية العربية للحد من مخاطر الكوارث…
Objectives
The workshop shall have the following objectives:
1. To capture the recent trends of climate change scenarios including scientific issues as well as challenges in the Arab region.
2. To highlight the on-going efforts on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction as well as their integration at various levels.
3. To explore the po…
The aim of the Conference is to converge on the priority requirements for the Southern African region to further accelerate the implementation of Sendai Target G, to substantially increase availability of and access to early warnings. The conference will also take into consideration the gaps identified in the implementation of the Sendai Framework…
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…
MCR2030 is a place where cities can find guidance and support to enhance understanding on risk reduction and resilience, to improve strategic planning to reduce risk and build resilience, and to take actions and progress along the resilience roadmap. It is a unique cross-stakeholder initiative for improving local resilience throug…
Workshop Goal:
This second consultation workshop is part of a series of consultation sessions on developing a national disaster risk reduction strategy that is coherent with climate change and sustainable development policies in Somalia as well as relevant regional and international policy frameworks.
Workshop Objectives:
Present and discuss Soma…
Background:
Women, girls, boys, men, and people of diverse gender identities have distinct vulnerabilities in each context that shape the way that they experience and recover from disaster impacts. Effective disaster risk reduction requires meaningful and diverse participation, engagement, and leadership, through an inclusive and accessible, all-of-soci…
Background
The Arab Region is considered one of the world's major climate change hotspots and highly vulnerable to the negative impacts of global warming. Depending on the extent of climatic disruption, the consequences of climate change are expected to worsen already critical situations present in the region, and function as a risk multiplier to disast…
Strengthening the Role of the African Private Sector in Disaster Risk Management
Many low and middle-income countries have developed national strategies for disaster risk reduction. But ensuring the inclusion of all sectors of society, especially the private sector, remains a challenge. This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 Oc…
A one day national consultation workshop was organised in Uganda on Disaster-induced displacement in the context of the post-2015 Framework for DRR (HFA2), on the 16th April 2013 at the Metropole Hotel in Kampala.
The consultation aimed at informing key stakeholders on the global and regional consultation process towards the HFA2. 43 participants repre…
The meeting will be held within the framework of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regional strategy for mainstreaming climate information in key socio econimic sectors for DRR and sustainable development. The theme of the forum will be “Building resilience to climate related disasters in the Greater Horn of Africa through regional c…
The meeting will also focus on the role of the regional climate outlook forum in providing early warnings for drought emergencies and other climate related disasters in the Greater Horn of Africa.
The Forum will bring together national experts from all the countries in the Greater Horn of Africa, along with regional and international experts involved i…