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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsAlso known as 'Resilient Cities 2014,' this Forum is organized by ICLEI– Local Governments for Sustainability and the World Mayors Council on Climate Change, and co-sponsored by UN-HABITAT, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The…
Ministers of Education from Safe School Leader Countries are cordially invited to attend the Second Meeting of Safe School Leaders that is being hosted by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 4-5 October 2015 in Tehran.
The meeting will build on the commitments made to the Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools and school safety implementat…
In a signing ceremony held in Lami on 8th March 2011, Special Administrator Suva/Lami Mr. Chandu Umaria signed Lami’s Certificate of Commitment to Disaster Resilience for the 2010-2011 World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Making Cities Resilient“. Lami was the first Pacific island city to join the global campaign.
“Making Cities Resilient” addresses i…
The 2020 edition of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Early Warning System (CARIBE EWS) World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) Webinar will be jointly organized by UNDRR and UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission together with its regional CARIBE EWS Intergovernmental Coordination Group and Caribbean Tsunami Inf…
Since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action in 2005, greater awareness of the importance of reducing disaster risk has emerged among different stakeholders. Overall, in the Arab region, there has been some progress on political and national commitment to risk reduction, developing of institutional mechanisms and strategies, enhancing early warn…
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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 United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), the World Bank Disaster Risk Management Regional Coordinator East Asia Pacific (EAP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), kindly invite you to the Geneva launch of the World Bank’s publication: Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for…
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP), which takes place every two years, is the global forum for accelerating world-wide momentum on disaster risk reduction. As the primary gathering for the world’s disaster risk community, it brings together Governments, UN, international regional organizations and institutions, NGOs, scientific/academi…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made evident the systemic nature of risk, and highlighted the exposure of different systems to multiple hazards, as its unprecedented cascading effects have impacted all sectors and levels of our economies and societies. The Global Assessment Report 2019 (GAR) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction reflect the cer…