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CIB and UNISDR are hosting a series of webinars (web-based seminars) on the topic of Building Disaster Resilient Cities. The webinars will share knowledge and expertise between CIB members, UNISDR, and cities that are involved in the ‘Making Cities Resilient’ Campaign.
Themes
Enabling risk reduction through urban planning
Engaging multip…
Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction
Associated with the Shanghai Expo 2010 'Better Cities, Better Life'
Shanghai, 28-30 July 2010
Announcement
Background
The theme of the Shanghai Expo 2010 is "Better City, Better Life," - the wish for a better living in present and future urban environments. This theme represents a central concern of the internation…
Larger than the 2010 congress, Resilient Cities 2011 will be the global platform for learning, cooperation and networking on all aspects of urban resilience. There will be a renewed emphasis on policy development, practical implementation strategies and financing adaptation.
As in 2010, the Resilient Cities 2011 program will be composed of presentations…
Event Date & Veue
Date: 26-27 September 2022
Venue: Songdo Convensia, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Language: English
Event Description
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is a 10-year global collaboration that supports cities around the world to strengthen their climate and disaster resilience. Aiming to Leave No Municipalit…
Event Overview
Governments are on the ‘frontline of opportunity’ in this era of Climate Emergency and a third year of the global COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the biggest dividend in avoided future disaster losses can be reaped at the level of municipalities.
The evidence is clear: those governments, including local, that invest to better under…
Webinar Recording:
Event Description
The Critical Asset Management System (CAMS) is a collaborative, open-source, and data-centric tool that helps cities to identify their critical assets and the cascading failure chains should one of them fail.
Climate change is increasing the risk of extreme weather events a…
Webinar Recording
Event Description
This webinar aims to introduce the ISO 37123 – Indicators for Resilient Cities, published in 2019 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 37123 is the first international standard designed to build globally standardized data for city resilience. It is applicable to any city…
Event Date & Venue
Date: 22-24 March 2023
Venue: UNDRR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI). Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Organizers
UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)
UNDRR Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (ROAP)
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR20…
Event Date & Venue
Date: 16 February 2023
Venue: UNDRR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI). Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Organizers
UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)
Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS)
Course Background
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En el contexto actual de presiones crecientes sobre las comunidades, este programa busca facilitar la adquisición de conocimientos y herramientas, el aprendizaje y apoyo mutuo entre responsables de políticas públicas y profesionales técnicos para desarrollar estrategias de reducción de riesgo de desastres e…
Background and Introduction
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing count…
Orientation to Local Level Disaster Risk Reduction and Making Cities Resilient (in English, French and Portuguese)
Looking beyond 2020, the MCR Campaign successor “Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)”, to be launched at the end of 2020, aims to strengthen support to cities on their journey to reduce risks and build resilience. It is important that c…
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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…
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The Race to Resilience is the global sibling campaign to Race to Zero run by the COP26 Presidency and High-Level Climate Champions to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors to help frontline communities build resilience and adapt to the accelerating impacts of climate change. The campaign sets…
The Fourth Expert Group Meeting aims to share experiences and lessons on reducing impacts of future disasters, through discussions amongst experts and researchers from Japan and elsewhere, with reports from universities and organizations engaged in the Tohoku recovery.
The discussions will focus on the key messages from the lessons on recovery and reco…