Search
Results for " "
Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsThe European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) is intended to serve as the forum for exchanging information and knowledge, coordinating efforts throughout the Europe region and for providing advocacy for effective action to reduce disasters. Moreover, Moreover, it shall be devoted to contemporary issues of importance needed to promote a good pol…
Risks must be prevented in the recovery process to avoid repeating the disaster. In this context, essential capacities to integrate disaster risk reduction - climate change adaptation (DRR-CCA) in recovery must be developed before a disaster occurs. Some countries have seized the opportunity to 'build back better' while others have unknowingly repeated…
Background:
This first meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership in 2010 will focus on the next cycle of HFA progress reporting, HFA Mid-term review the process and implications, and the preparations for the Fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which will be hosted by the Republic of Korea in October 2010. The agenda will be framed…
This meeting addresses the following issues:
1. Sharing scientific and technical information for a better knowledge of risks and technical tools of risk reduction in the Mediterranean area, including:
- Environmental and climatic risks and their impacts on resources
- Telluric risks: data and management strategies
- Human and ethic solidarities
2. Th…
The GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) carries out annual training courses on 'Seismology and Seismic Hazard Assessment'
These crash courses are part of the educational and training program of the UNESCO, in the field of geosciences and disaster mitigation. They are a major German contribution of the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disa…