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The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will hold its 2nd Session at UNEP’s headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. Over 2,000 delegates are expected. The Second Session will feature a side event on 26 May entitled "Healthy Ecosystems, Resilient Planet" organized by the Unit…
Institutional changes for addressing natural hazard and climate risk as a sustainable development priority against the context of the July /August 2011 drought disaster in the Horn of Africa.
GFDRR along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) will host a side event at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness titled “Building Disaster Resilience for Aid Effectiveness” on 30 November 2011. Gearing up for the event, GFDR…
Register here Time 14:00 (CEST) About 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…
 ‘Transforming institutional drought risk management for resilience - The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021’ Watch Recording  Date: 27 July 2021 Time:  11:30 - 13:00 Delhi Time / 13:00 - 14:30 Bangkok Time / 16:00 - 17:30 Sydney Time / 18:00 – 19:30 Fiji Time     ‘The Asia-Pacific Drought Risk Dialogue’ will unpack…
On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, UNISDR, the European Commission, UNESCO and Wetlands International will join the International campaign “Home Safe Home” –Reducing exposure, reducing displacement” by holding an event to show evidence on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of community-ecosystem-based disaster risk reducti…
On the 5 December, the Committee of the Region, Commission for Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE) hosts in collaboration with UNISDR Regional Office for Europe a consultation on the HFA+. The purpose of the session is to discuss building resilience to disasters at the local level and to receive input from ENVE Commission members on the Post-2…
Colloque organisé par le WWF France en partenariat ave l’UNESCO, l’UNISDR et l’AFPCN et avec le soutien du MEDDTL, de l’EPL, de l’ EPTB Seine Grands Lacs et de l’AFEPTB. Pakistan, Australie, Etats-Unis, France : les inondations récentes, de plus en plus impressionnantes, ont marqué les esprits. Que faire ? De toute évidence, les réponses classiques pou…
Time12:30 - 13:30 CESTRegister hereThe G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Officeof the UN Convention to Combat Desertification proudly presents this edition of BBL, the sixth in the series, is proudly presented in collaboration with the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR). Formally established in 2008, the Partnersh…
Time11:00 - 12:00 CESTRegister HERE AboutDisasters are escalating in severity, number, and frequency. Annual disasters rose from 65 in 1973 to 398 in 2020, projected to reach 540 by 2030, according to UNDRR. Their impacts are substantial, affecting lives, communities, livelihoods, and economies. Policy-makers increasingly recognize the significance…
Registration CLOSED Date, Time and Venue   Date: 23 - 25 June 2021 Time: 13.00 - 17.00 hours (Bangkok Time, UTC+7) Venue: Virtually (Zoom)   Background   Rapid urbanisation has a potential to make countries productive and prosperous. On the other hand, at present, most of the cities are totally unprepared to handle…
UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States in coordination with the League of Arab States will organize a three-day event in Marsa Alam, Egypt with youth engaged in fields related to biodiversity, climate change, disaster risk reduction, maritime sciences, urban development in coastal cities, and sea and/or coastal protection. The three-day event will…
Resilient Cities - The Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation - is the global platform for urban resilience and climate change adaptation, hosted every year in Bonn. Resilient Cities was first launched in 2010 with the goal of connecting local government leaders and climate change adaptation experts to discuss adaptation challenges facin…
The simultaneous pursuit of social equity, economic prosperity and environmental quality, three pillars of sustainable development, places great demands on all nations. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Economic activity and social developments contribute to development but also heighten the risk of disaster. V…
Rio+20 Side Event: The main theme of this Rio +20 side event will be disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. More details will be coming soon.

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