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Displaying 15 of about 67 resultsAboutUNDRR's engagement in COP28 is dedicated to fostering accelerated action in reducing climate-related disaster risks.Our priority areas include: Advocating for scaled-up global action to avert, minimize and address losses and damages and promote climate justice for all. Mobilising the engagement of local leaders to accelerate l…
Watch the event recordingSummary“Continued technological advances, accelerating climate change and the rise in zoonotic diseases mean the likelihood of extreme, global catastrophic or even existential risks is present on multiple, interrelated fronts. An effort is warranted to better define and identify the extreme, catastrophic and existential risks th…
DescriptionThe online training will explore a new methodology for the design and implementation of combined disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) budget tagging and tracking. An integrated approach to DRR and CCA can lead to more efficient and effective use of public resources for the achievement of the Paris Agreement,…
The Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2023) is an important event in the region that brings together national institutions, allies and partners with the objective of addressing regional climate change challenges and promoting sustainable development. UNDRR Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean aims to actively participate in t…
REGISTER HERE Time09:30 Panama LanguageSpanish with simultaneous interpretation into Portuguese, English, and International Sign Language.DescriptionThe MCR2030 Labs aim to exchange knowledge and experience on disaster resilience between cities in the Americas and the Caribbean. Their main objective is to address priority issues for the implem…
Register hereTime16:15-17:20 (GMT+2)AboutThe Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) has been providing assistance to the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region since 1994 in fulfilment of its humanitarian mandate to save and preserve lives, to reduce disaster risk conditions and contribute to build…
Date and timeDate: 26 July 2023Time: 12:30 - 13:45AboutThe United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) and the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) of ESCAP is organizing a joint panel discussion on Disaster Risk Data Governan…
Date and timeDate: 26 July 202315:00 – 16:00 EATBackground:In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of engaging the private sector in DRR. This is reflected in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, which calls for "enhanced cooperation and partnerships between the public sector, the private sector, an…
WATCH MORE RECORDINGS HEREDate and time Wednesday 19 April 2023, 07:00am EDT (Washington DC) AboutThe first webinar, led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), will focus on risk-informed urban development and planning processes in cities/municipaliti…
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In December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was signed at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP-15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The GBF is a historic agreement that seeks to reverse the decline of biodiversity by providing a strategic vision and global roadmap fo…
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As part of the MCR2030 Digital Resilience Webinar Series, the third and last webinar of the series will focus on how policy makers can harness the emerging opportunities of digitalisation, as well as the large offer of tools and resources available, to support municipal and institutional governance and urban pl…
Register hereTime14:30-15:30About the session While there is increasing awareness of the cross-border implications of disasters, European cities, municipalities and regions still face difficulties in collective response to natural hazards and climate-induced disasters. Between 1980 and 2020, disasters affected nearly 50 million people in Europe and…
Download Final ReportInternational Disaster Resilience Leaders Forum Incheon 2023 - Final Report OverviewHalfway through the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, progress in scaling up disaster risk reduction action can be seen in many countries and cities around the world. Yet, increasingly more effor…
Registration for this event has now closed.Time4:00pm - 5:30pm BackgroundEarly warnings and early action save lives and livelihoods. For example, warning of a coming storm or heatwave can significantly reduce damage and investing just $800 million on such systems in developing countries would avoid losses of $3-16 billion per year. Countries with l…
At current levels of warming the world is experiencing unprecedented climate impacts. An increase in global average temperature above 1.5˚C would mean extreme weather and climate disasters increasing in frequency and intensity, putting billions of people at risk. A growing impact of the climate emergency, experienced across countries, communities, and s…