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Displaying 15 of about 33 resultsThe consultations in Tonga were conducted as a complementary activity to the HFA Monitor Country Progress Review. Issues discussed included i) achievements, challenges, and opportunities, ii) disaster and development, iii) accountability and governance, iv) linking DRM and climate change.
An information market will be organized at the Ba Town Market, Fiji, to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction, International Day for Rural Women, International World Food Day and International Day for Poverty Eradication. The event will include testimonies from local government, women market vendors and students on their experience with…
Adaptation to climate change will be at the forefront of discussions at this year’s Pacific Climate Change Roundtable (PCCR). The Roundtable, coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), is the main means for enabling a coordinated approach to carrying out the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Chang…
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Speakers
H.E. Mr. KAWAKAMI Fumihiro
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Fiji
Ms. Esline Garaebiti
Director General Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation,
Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
Mr. Arona N…
Background:
Overall, the workshop will focus on:
Using the Sendai Framework Monitor System including uploading and entering data, analytical capabilities of the system as well as levels of application (global, regional, national, local);
Reviewing Global (obligatory) and Custom (optional) Sendai Framework Indicators and links with SDG Indicators; a…
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Date and Time
12:15 - 13:45 (Bangkok) | 17:15 - 18:45 (Suva)
Overview
Called for by the UN General Assembly (ResolutionA/RES/75/216) the “midterm review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework (MTR SF)will assess progress in integrating disaster risk reduction into policies, programmes and investments at all levels, i…
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The Race to Resilience is the global sibling campaign to Race to Zero run by the COP26 Presidency and High-Level Climate Champions to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors to help frontline communities build resilience and adapt to the accelerating impacts of climate change. The campaign sets…
Strengthening Resilience: An Integrated Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change for the Pacific
The broad objective of the Joint Meeting is to progress discussions and commitment on the development of the integrated strategy as part of the 'Roadmap' process endorsed by the Pacific region in 2011.
Specifically, the Joint Meeti…
The consultations in Fiji were conducted as a complementary activity to the HFA Monitor Country Progress Review. Issues discussed included i) achievements, challenges, and opportunities, ii) disaster and development, iii) accountability and governance, iv) linking DRM and climate change.
The consultations in the Cook islands were conducted as a complementary activity to the HFA Monitor Country Progress Review supported by UNISDR Suva.
Issues discussed included (i) Achievements, challenges, and opportunities, (ii) Disaster and development, (iii) Accountability and governance, (iv) Linking DRM and climate change.
Singapore Cooperation Programme
Singapore has provided technical assistance to other developing countries since the 1960s. As a country whose only resource is its people, Singapore believes that human resource development is vital for economic and social progress. Singapore itself has benefited from training provided by other countries…
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Millions of dollars of new business investment will be made in Samoa 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 investment. The…
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2015 represents a turning point for the Pacific and Global community with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction being endorsed by the global community that will help shape the future of resilient development in the Pacific and its neighbors over the next 10 to 15 years. An increase in the number of natural hazards and their intens…
The workshop is a national level training course that lasts for three days. The training will empower participants to draw upon global best practices for recovery and reconstruction. Each workshop can engage up to 40 participants.
The 2011 Pacific Regional International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) event was celebrated in Suva, Fiji, as a joint initiative of the United Nations, SPC/SOPAC, the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), Pacific Conference of Churches and other regional and national stakeholders and partners who are working in the fields of disaster risk reduc…