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In person
05 November 2018
New York
Objective The event will contribute to a global awareness raising campaign for World Tsunami Awareness Day with a focus on building resilient and inclusive societies. Countries, the United Nations system and stakeholders will reflect on the importance of strengthening inclusive disaster risk governance to reduce existing disaster risks and avoid creati…
Background The Caribbean region is vulnerable to destructive tsunamis generated by shallow earthquakes; 3.000 people have been killed by these events over the past 500 years. Based on historical evidence, the Caribbean is expected to experience approximately one destructive tsunami every fifty years. Within this context and for the first time, the Wor…
The Arab region joins the rest of the world in facing an increase in natural hazards. The region is characterized by its harsh environment and has limited resilience to natural hazards events, which results in an increase in the number of natural disasters in the region. These disasters result from a group of factors including the increase in population…
In January 2018, the Government of India, in collaboration with UNISDR, hosted the first International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI2018). It brought together 21 countries and allied stakeholders to explore potential ideas for building the resilience of key infrastructure sectors (energy, transport, telecommunications, and water).…
The training is aimed at building critical mass of professionals oriented towards resilient recovery on shelter, infrastructure, web based flood risk assessment system of Hyogo Prefecture and pre-disaster recovery planning to enhance their capacity to minimize the impact of future disasters. Objectives - Increase participant’s knowledge and understand…
Webinar Recording     Event Description Sub-national resilience is built by harnessing the strengths and contributions of multiple stakeholders, including private sector entities. As primary innovators and investors, the private sector has a vested interest in making cities work. They may also have the expertise and technical skills loca…
The conference is a joint yearly policy event of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) focused on disaster risk reduction at the local and regional level in Europe. The leading topic of the 2017 joint event is "Towards reducing the number of affected people" (Sendai Target B)…
In person
04 August 2010 - 06 August 2010
Santo Domingo
Urban areas are central to the functioning of national economies and societies. They concentrate people, economic production, and decision-making institutions, but they can also result in a high concentration of vulnerability to climatic and geological hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes and floods. The highly urbanized nations of the…

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